OK, if you are here, you obviously are serious about getting a job. You are in the right place.
Employers are looking for people who possess three types of skills:
Basic skills (academic), applied (work) skills, and soft skills. Soft skills relate to your own personal work habits and your ability to lead and be productive in a work group.
The basic skills needed for success today are:
Manufacturing jobs in Will County pay, on average, $57,000, and new hires earn $44,000. But lots of these jobs are unfilled because applicants don’t have the skills. These aren’t the factory jobs that your grandfather had. Technology replaced the human assembly line long ago. These are high-tech jobs requiring high-tech skills. Even in this economy, manufacturers are actively screening for these skills, but young adults either aren’t prepared or don’t know that these good jobs exist.
The Hard Facts
In 1950, 60% of available jobs required only a high school diploma and are classified as “unskilled.” Today, a high school education alone won’t take you very far. Only about 20% of jobs in 2009 are considered “unskilled.”
In fact, an ACT study shows that high school graduates need the same skill set—the same math and science skills—whether they go on to college or enter a post-high school workforce training program. The Illinois Department of Labor says that half of today’s jobs are considered “middle-skilled.” That means jobs that require more than a high school education but less than a four-year college degree.
