Jan
12
Many Manufacturing Jobs Available, Lucrative
Thousands of Americans are going without jobs right now—watching homes go into foreclosure, bills go unpaid and standard of living going down for themselves as well as their families. And many continue to look for jobs in the industries they worked in most recently—often hoping for comparable pay or similar benefits. However, a quick survey of the job market says that for many of these people, switching industries may not only get them a job to tide them over for now, it may help them find a job that pays more an doffers better benefits than their old position did, depending on what industry they were in prior to becoming unemployed and a what level they worked.
In fact, there are many manufacturing jobs available right now, and although they often require some specific training, it is available and easy to pay off. Manufacturing in the United States is different than it was forty years ago—rather than making basic commodities, the industry here is mainly high tech and high-paying. Working in technology and aerospace manufacturing can pay between $15 and $20/hour for even the lowest paying jobs in assembly. For an unemployed American, those wages and the fact that the market is open (rather than saturated like most sectors) is opportunity amidst a slumped economy.
These are good jobs, in a growing industry. Job-seekers shouldn’t be scared away by antiquated ideas of factories as dirty, hazardous slums. In fact, the manufacturing industry in America is highly automated and standardized to create a safe, efficient and positive work environment that most people can adapt to very easily. There is room for advancement for individuals and the companies they work for—manufacturing is in high demand with the increasing need for new tech products and constant demand for military equipment.
So if you’re unemployed or know someone who is (or even if you’re just looking for a change in industry) look into manufacturing and industrial jobs in your community—in November of last year over 225,000 manufacturing jobs went unfilled.