Currently. Right now. Unskilled labor is a myth. Computers and technology is replacing unskilled labor more frequently than not. The GOP master minds want to make every aspect of unskilled labor computer intensive.
The future is here.
By ELI AMDUR
Divides.Human history is, among other things, a story of divides. It is a story of disparities in income, health, commerce and education. For the most part, the story is about crossing those divides and closing — or at least narrowing — those gaps. That’s what we call progress.
Careful, though. Although the education gap has been narrowing for centuries (especially in the 20th), there is — unless you are aware of it and are prepared to take concrete steps — a possibility that this divide will widen. Although 63 percent of all job openings by 2018 will require workers with at least some college education (source: Projection of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018, Georgetown University, 2010), public support of education is down in 48 states and, at the same time, employers are cutting back (or at least not expanding) their training programs. They are, in essence, expecting candidates to show up fully qualified.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that total employment is expected to increase by 20.5 million jobs from 2010 to 2020, with 88 percent of detailed occupations projected to experience employment growth. In the midst of all this, jobs requiring a master’s degree are expected to grow the fastest, while those requiring a high school diploma will experience the slowest growth over the 2010- 20 time frame...
