On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:58:48 -0500, katy
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Gilligan wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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Gilligan wrote:

"Dave" wrote in message
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would piously intone platitudes about these low wage jobs "Americans are
unwilling to fill?"
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...215724,00.html

Its editors seem to live on a planet of their own.


They certainly do! The Employment Office up in Greeley seats only about
12 customers so if a few showed up for something other than filing for
unemployment the line would certainly go out the door. That's why no
numbers are mentioned or why people were there. One even admitted he was
there for unemployment and applied for a job at Swift (perhaps as
required to keep the unemployment checks coming in?) Here's a link to the
job postings at the Greeley office:

http://www.eswc.org/lmi/locallmi/OESwage1.htm

There are plenty of unfilled jobs similar to those at Swift. Look at the
photo in the picture - see a big office? Looks like ten feet between the
service counter and the glass windows. The city population is only
88,000. The Rocky Mountain News has a notorious conservative slant so
there's your bias.

That article was devoid of any numbers, the number of people applying,
the number of jobs open all it said is the line went out the door. I
suppose if someone drove up to the office quickly and a toilet clogged
the article would report people rushing for job applications and the
office was flooded.



Your county certainly isn't doing much to attract teachers with wages like
those.


Katy, there's lines out the door for jobs here. Says so in the papers. Those
teacher's wages aren't bad at all.

Comparitive to N. or S. Carolina or Alabama, maybe...

Starting pay is even less where I'm at
and you have to have a certificate, BS in the field you teach and additional
education in teaching.


Let's hope to GOd for our kids sake that all school districts require
those things!


Not always a good thing if the certificate is the most important
element. In this state you have to be certified, but, you can range
from what you are qualified to teach as long as you are certified.
And uncertified experts in certain fields cannot teach because they
are not certified.

I've seen too many "certified" teachers taking a quick summer crash
course to teach something they should have a specific degree in. And
too many people with those degrees who can't teach because they are
not certified.

Certified does not always mean qualified.

The private schools don't require the certification and they snap up
the uncertified but highly qualified who have a desire to teach.

Frank