Following up on our salute to garbage men last week …
Mike Rowe is the host of “Dirty Jobs” … a series on the Discovery Channel that reports on jobs that many (most?) people wouldn’t touch.
He’s not an economist, but he certainly has a perspective on jobs.
His: view: “employers are desperate for people willing to learn a “useful skill” and work hard.
But, many unskilled unemployeds shun jobs that are “Beneath them” … even if the jobs pay the rent and are stepping stones to better jobs.
It’s a great country that liberates them from jobs they might not like, right?
Video clip is worth watching …
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Back to the garbage men: a reader forwarded an interesting link
Nutshell: Though wages are modest (~$35,000) and the job is dirty, job security is high, benefits are good … including (for gov’t trash guys) a short work day.
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