High-Tech Education Is A Crucial Difference
(This essay was published in Crain's Detroit Business on 5/13/2013)
They say admitting you have a problem is the first step. My problem isn't finding work, it's finding qualified workers. While the overall unemployment rate remains high, this average masks the real problem. It's called the skills gap: While many are unemployable because their old jobs are gone forever, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 3 million open jobs, mainly in high-paying, high-tech STEM (scienc