I'm just sick of agenda-pushing s***, sorry.
"Mayor Menino, David Ortiz launch summer jobs program"by Adam Sege | Globe Correspondent, June 26, 2012
Kicking off a program that will put 650 young Bostonians to work this summer, Mayor Thomas M. Menino and local business leaders congratulated participants in the MLK Summer Scholars program Monday and urged them to make the most of their job opportunities.
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz also came to bat for the program, delivering a message on timely performance at the event at Boston University’s Agganis Arena.
“This is the time for you guys to step up and do the right thing,” Ortiz said, after arriving onstage to loud cheers.
Launched by John Hancock Financial in 2008, the MLK Summer Scholars program is a partnership between the company, the city, Partners HealthCare, Boston University, and The Boston Globe....
Our benevolent corporate masters with the media-created heroes in tow.
“It’s not just about work,” said James R. Boyle, John Hancock’s president. “It’s about understanding what the opportunities are down the road for them.”
Boston Police Superintendent William Evans, a speaker at Monday’s launch, said youth employment plays an important part in preventing crime, which often increases during the summer.
“I think we have a lot of good programs out there to keep the kids busy so we will have a safe summer,” he said....
Despite nearly filling Menino’s target of 10,000 jobs, the market remains difficult for some young job seekers, said Jamal Mason, 20, a participant in the scholars program who recently graduated from the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology and hopes to study computer engineering at Northeastern University. “A lot of my friends, they’re having a hard time finding jobs,” said Mason. “I know, because I was having a hard time finding a job outside of this program.”
Because they are not there despite what the corporate media holler about the Massachusetts miracle outperforming the nation.
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Also see: The Boston Globe's $ummer $chool
I think I'll skip that, too.
"Mass. focuses on skills needed for today’s jobs" by Dan Adams | Globe Correspondent, June 26, 2012
Young workers don’t seem to be moving into jobs being vacated by retiring baby boomers, stoking fears of a mismatch between the skills that younger workers are learning in schools, community colleges, and universities and the qualifications needed by employers.
Many of the fields with the most job vacancies require training in the so-called STEM disciplines, an acronym for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. But encouraging students to pursue those fields after high school has been difficult, workforce analysts say, and meeting the challenge may require significant educational reform.
Even teachers have found that the skills taught in schools may not be relevant. Karen Strader, a math teacher at Framingham High School, spent eight weeks in 2010 working at nonprofit defense contractor Mitre Corp. of Bedford as part of a program that exposes teachers to what companies are demanding of their workers. She said she learned that her school’s curriculum wasn’t teaching the kind of self-motivation, problem-solving, and innovative thinking that companies like Mitre need.
Because AmeriKa has spent the last 50 years discouraging that in her children and instead inculcating and indoctrinating us with Zionist slop.
I'm sorry if you don't like the truth laid out so bluntly, but there it is.
“We were kind of spoon-feeding them information and asking them to regurgitate it,” she said....
That is why kids don't like school. And it is not even information, it is lies and propaganda.
The studies largely rely on data from sources such as the US Census and the US Labor Department. The findings reported for each region will be followed by a series of summits where companies, college representatives, workforce boards, and policy makers can meet to discuss challenges and options.
Joanne Goldstein, the state’s Labor and Workforce Development secretary, said the study has shown that steering young workers into programs that will end in employment — not just four-year degrees — is one of the state’s most important economic hurdles....
Hey, I'm a proud owner of one of those worthless degrees, so back off!!!!!
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Oh, the STATE PARTNERING with the FEDERAL RESERVE, how wonderful!!
They will certainly look out for you kids and your inter$t$!!
"Many of the manufacturing jobs require high-level skills used in making products for the technology, medical, aerospace, and defense sectors. In March, several manufacturers reported having trouble finding skilled applicants."
Just an excuse to hire cheaper imports the form of immigrants, kids.
Boston Chamber set to launch veterans job initiative
Didn't they learn the skills because that's what the TV recruiting ad said?
Related: Being a Vet No Advantage in Job Market
Oh.
