Welcome to the NEW WORLD ORDER, world!
"Europe has jobs — for dancers and sheepshearers; Poor planning for labor needs left employment gaps" by David Stringer, Associated Press | September 5, 2010
LONDON — Sheepshearers for Britain, judo teachers for Spain, goldsmiths for Holland. European nations are finding some surprising gaps in their job markets, and competing to woo overseas workers with in-demand skills.
Nations across the continent list shortages in hundreds of occupations. Even as some countries tighten their already strict immigration rules, many are relaxing visa restrictions to help industries import candidates for the jobs that domestic workers can’t — or won’t — take up.
Yeah, WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE what THOSE ARE!
Many Europeans refuse low paid jobs, while failure in the past to plan properly for labor needs has left some skilled professionals in short supply....
Vanessa Rossi, an analyst at London’s Chatham House think tank, said Europe is suffering from its failure to train enough young people in specialist sectors, including medicine and areas such as nuclear power-plant construction.
Is that how your governments take care of you?
While the United States was encouraging students a decade ago to handle major power-plant projects, much of Europe was closing down specialist engineering centers and losing its expertise, said Rossi.
“We’ve tended to be perennially bad at planning,’’ she said.
That's why you guys always lose the wars, huh?
Members of the European Union allow citizens of most other member states free movement to live and work in their countries. But their skill shortages mean most also loosen immigration rules in some specific sectors to be able attract talent from beyond Europe.
While almost all European nations need skilled medical workers and engineers — particularly for major infrastructure projects — the shortages aren’t simply confined to hospitals, construction sites, or dental clinics.
Yeah, those jobs pampered and spoiled European workers.
In Spain, the Asturias region is relaxing visa rules to hire judo and aerobics instructors; the Canary Islands needs forestry experts; and the Melilla region, on the coast of north Africa, is seeking ship cooks, deckhands, and waiters.
Sweden’s government says it needs plumbers, chefs, and crane operators. Neighboring Denmark seeks chiropractors, midwives, and music teachers. While the Netherlands says unfilled jobs postings have declined in recent years, it still has shortages of carpenters, goldsmiths, pharmacists, and truck drivers.
I guess NONE of those jobs are HIGH-PAYING or anything.
I think there are PLENTY of OUT-of-WORK Americans who are QUALIFIED!
And I am starting to wonder if Europeans do ANY WORK at all.
In Britain, some employers worry the looming immigration quota will make it almost impossible to compete for global talent.
What more needs to be said?
Louise de Winter, director of Britain’s National Campaign for the Arts, said British dance companies and orchestras will suffer if the new limits mean they can’t snap up the best talent when performers become available — such as Cuban dynamo Carlos Acosta.
“If the Royal Ballet isn’t able to recruit the next Carlos Acosta because there’s an immigration cap, then that’s it — they lose that talent for good. It’s an international job market, and the talent will simply go to a country that doesn’t have the same restrictions,’’ said de Winter....
All right, maybe you have me with the ballet dancer, but....
