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FBN’s Jeff Flock on the Society of Manufacturing Engineers reporting a shortage of skilled workers, with 600,000 jobs unfilled in the industry.
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-- there are 600000.
High paying engineered jobs in the US that companies just can't fell.
They can't find skilled workers -- going to new report now one group facing a big shortage is the auto suppliers.
I dip -- is that Dura automotive in Plymouth Michigan with more exits you know I would finish engineer at one point I -- tell you in college and I should you ever -- what is what still is yet.
But but but but but.
You -- stuck with a Tracy you would be in high demand here you may be in high demand here anyway.
You are watching an open module being built for the Chrysler -- company right here this is part of the eight system.
-- -- -- -- -- They cannot find enough engineers cannot find enough high skilled workers to do what they have to do what the numbers up because I think it's shocking.
When I see that 600000.
Jobs are currently unfilled in the automotive not just the automotive industry but it engineering and high skilled jobs that got the president.
But -- North America.
-- tell me why it's such a problem.
Well people left in the streets of downtown and it's not just to because then the -- -- -- the good to get the people back into the state of Michigan.
Metal recovery has.
They've taken place and we see the guys over here welding.
You had a secure rapid recovery.
You can't get people back.
That's -- If you CB being nearly tripled the volume wolf good in the -- -- generally not only in bill.
And the engineering the month is so high at that -- -- fetal positions take a look at the stocks the automotive stocks because we put the automotive supplier stocks up.
They're all doing well everybody's doing a great business.
I've got real quick I see the director of HR here.
-- -- You're just trying to attract people who engineering Tracy said she was an engineering student she became a TV reporter and anchor.
You're trying to make this sexy for people again.
Yes we do need to be creative -- attract engineers we have less than 2% unemployment amongst engineers so that makes it really hard to.
Fish in the pond so to speak and find good engineers so again we have to distinguish ourselves and that it attracts people to -- systems.
-- Well there you go.
-- -- -- Becky perhaps an engineering futures we expect guys like -- ought to be doing the job but maybe we need more women -- -- -- I'm gonna get my girls then.
Patents on staff thank you -- He took you do you said you have to take things like -- rules that classified that was the killer right bad -- -- -- the camel's back is when my schedule since soils could imagine that -- after an entire semester and.
