Quote Originally Posted by HutchEmAll:
I've got over 20 currently open. There are plenty of jobs out there. Engineering Manager, Graphic Designer, Design Engineer, Software Developer, Machine Builder, Electronic Technician, Supplier Quality Engineer, Mechanical Inspector, Mechanical Drafter, etc., etc., etc.
. These are highly skilled trades. I am sure computer programmers, data entry op, graphic designers, technical and technology jobs are out there. Professional work like doctors, lawyers, nurses, teachers, etc. are there.
What worries me are jobs that are like farmers and fishermen and coal miners and painters and plumbers and sheet metal workers and steel workers and dry wall and electricians and plumbers and stevedores and tug boat operators and harbor pilots and air refrig. workers and bakers and carpenters and mechanics, etc. are not popular with the youth of today. They want to be like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or like the guys from Google who made their riches without doing the dirty work. It is a different age and time, more and more material and less and less spiritual and it is shrinking with the Internet and cell phones and iPhones and iPads and emails and Twitter and Facebook. Our infrastructure is crumbling, like our bridges, dams, highways, sewers, schools, etc.
The banks seem to have a lot of money, but economy is not rebounding . Unemployment is high, lucky in Hawaii tourism is booming as the Asian market, China and S. Korea seem to be well. Japan is doing very well considering the tsunami of last year. We depend a lot on tourism for jobs and revenue. We don't build cars or manufacture or export goods like coal or oil so tourism is our life blood. That goes down, we are in trouble. We will be building a 5.5 billion dollar rail so that should help construction here. And Koa Ridge development approved a 5,000 home subdivision for Castle and Cooke here so more construction work should be available. But most of our youth leave for mainland USA for better opportunities and wages and lower cost of living, can't blame them. Lots of retirees go too. LOL! I only go to LV, four times a year.