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Any jobs are good, but I would prefer seeing high paying jobs added to the market.
SC isn't willing to make the necessary investments so that this happens on a regular basis though; they'd rather go the cheap route and put all of their eggs in the low-skills jobs basket (or throw a boatload of money at companies in Charlotte to cross the border).
SC isn't willing to make the necessary investments so that this happens on a regular basis though; they'd rather go the cheap route and put all of their eggs in the low-skills jobs basket (or throw a boatload of money at companies in Charlotte to cross the border).
I have to agree with you guys, here.
On the other hand, it's good to see there are what I'd call 'entry-level' jobs being added to the state's economy, ones which could be used as a stepping-stone to a higher income bracket.
Kinda stinks that the state isn't going after mid and high-level skills jobs as aggressively as many of us would prefer, though.
On the other hand, it's good to see there are what I'd call 'entry-level' jobs being added to the state's economy, ones which could be used as a stepping-stone to a higher income bracket.
Kinda stinks that the state isn't going after mid and high-level skills jobs as aggressively as many of us would prefer, though.
It's not that the state doesn't want these type of jobs. It's more to the fact that you have to play to your strengths. Our strengths, unfortunately, are with lower skilled labor. Simply because we just don't have the numbers of technically skilled workers that other states have. It's a simple, yet painful fact. Our education system is among the lowest in the country. States that attract higher skilled (and thus higher paid) jobs, produce more qualified workers from their public school systems.
It's not that the state doesn't want these type of jobs. It's more to the fact that you have to play to your strengths. Our strengths, unfortunately, are with lower skilled labor. Simply because we just don't have the numbers of technically skilled workers that other states have. It's a simple, yet painful fact. Our education system is among the lowest in the country. States that attract higher skilled (and thus higher paid) jobs, produce more qualified workers from their public school systems.
That's because those states MADE education their strengths with proper investment. SC isn't willing to do that; thus it really doesn't want those types of jobs.
I mean, SC could make some headway just by creating a board of regents to oversee the state's public institutions of higher learning but it doesn't want to do that because it would mess up the existing systems of fiefdoms and upset some people. SC simply doesn't want to make the hard decisions that lead to greater prosperity.
I have seen two local articles in two days about some SC leaders saying the state has to graduate more people from college, one of them in the Free Times. The Free Times article was specifically about IT education. IT-ology is pushing for a lot more IT training and education, and there is a focus on retaining a higher percentage of graduates with IT training. So there is an awareness. Now if the Nikkis just don't thwart the effort.
I have seen two local articles in two days about some SC leaders saying the state has to graduate more people from college, one of them in the Free Times. The Free Times article was specifically about IT education. IT-ology is pushing for a lot more IT training and education, and there is a focus on retaining a higher percentage of graduates with IT training. So there is an awareness. Now if the Nikkis just don't thwart the effort.
There's definitely awareness on the local level, specifically in the Big Three. It's the yokels on the state level who won't put in the work that it takes to ensure a greater level of future prosperity.
There's definitely awareness on the local level, specifically in the Big Three. It's the yokels on the state level who won't put in the work that it takes to ensure a greater level of future prosperity.
Does anybody here have any clue why the education level is so low as compared ? It's a cultural thing ladies and maybe a quick check comparing populations, and I mean generational trends also, may provide some insight on our sorry and ignorant ways...
One view may be that certain types can and have tolerated this environment (hot damn long summers) better than others, especially in early times. and traditionally, these type were more concerned with survival than book learning, and it made for a labor ready region, namely cotton and textiles. Since we have turned global, things don't fit, huh ?
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