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What skills does it take to make minimum wage? Often it is the ability to show up on time and follow directions. If someone doesn't have those skills, I questio
by markshead 14y ago
What skills does it take to make minimum wage? Often it is the ability to show up on time and follow directions. If someone doesn't have those skills, I question how well they will do in a community college.
If they do have enough reliability to show up on time and enough motivation to go to the community college, there are parts of the country where they can work a minimum wage job and still pay for tuition and a place to stay.
- mdkess 14y agoFind some places that pay minimum wage and will also pay for education in some form. And do you really think that the unemployment problem in unskilled or low skill labor is simply because there aren't enough people who can show up and follow directions?
- markshead 14y agoThe business owners I know who employ low skilled workers all have trouble finding people who will show up to work on time and actually do work. The unemployment problem in unskilled or low skilled labor is largely because government benefits make is economically better for low skilled people to NOT work. In my town there was a waitress who quit her job rather than take on the more hours they wanted her to work because it would have meant losing the money she was getting from the government. I see a lot of people whose job hunting efforts are minimal or are for jobs they know they aren't qualified for because they want to stay on unemployment. When the unemployment runs out, the real job search will begin. For a statistical look at this see the book: The Redistribution Recession: How Labor Market Distortions Contracted the Economy