Subj : Re: New to this To : StormTrooper From : boraxman Date : Sun Apr 20 2025 09:26 pm On 20 Apr 2025 at 08:59a, StormTrooper pondered and said... St> Ga> bo> That is young people today. There is no point me telling my chi St> Ga> bo> to "scrimp and save" because basically, the only way they'll get St> Ga> bo> house is to inherit mine. They may as well wait for me to die. St> Ga> bo> could take managerial roles in a multinational, profitable corpo St> Ga> bo> which is the #1 brand, like me, and still not afford them. St> Ga> St> Ga> I have a little trouble believing that, to be honest. One thing we St> Ga> haven't talked about is education levels... I think in today's world St> Ga> college degree is pretty much required for success, which is perhaps St> Ga> different than for previous generations. Even an advanced degree may St> Ga> needed. I can assure you from personal experience and observations t St> Ga> those degrees make a HUGE difference in earning potential. St> St> Borax is pretty much on the money. We don't have the jobs for not sure St> what college is here, I'd have to guess University degree. We've been St> pushing more and more students down that path for years too... plus we St> keep taking students from O/S to help GDP as they have to pay their own St> way. A fair number of these students will then be able to stay, adding St> to the job shortage and accommodation problems. St> I can confidently say, having worked in various companies alongside people on working VISAs, that most definately the 'skills shortage' is at least to a significant degree, a myth. I've never worked alongside a VISA worker, where that position could not have been filled in by local talent or even a graduate. I'm shocked at how bad the recruiting process is. I've had managers complain they can't get good staff, and I've literally given then the name and number of someone who is more than qualified, who I can vouch for as being a star talent, ready to start, and they didn't contact them. I've seen a dearth of candidates, because HR refused to advertise anywhere else other than Linked in, and they filtered out candidates before I got to see them, despite not understanding the technical skills that were required. --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64) * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101) .