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In the discussion thread: Hey Pres. Obama, How about the bright young US students and the disenfranchised US STEM workers?!!! [View all]

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Tue Jan 22, 2013, 09:17 AM

countingbluecars (4,343 posts)

26. Looks like things are getting better.

Interesting article with sidenote.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/perfi/credit/story/2012-05-21/more-jobs-for-college-grads/55107174/1

What’s in demand?
According to a survey by CareerBuilder.com, business tops the list of the most in-demand college majors for employers, with technical majors following closely behind.

Business: 39%
Computer and information sciences: 24%
Engineering: 23%
Math and statistics: 13%
Health professions and related clinical sciences: 13%
Communications technologies: 12%
Liberal arts and sciences: 9%

Source: CareerBuilder.com

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60 replies	Author	Time	Post
Hey Pres. Obama, How about the bright young US students and the disenfranchised US STEM workers?!!! [View all]	twins.fan	Jan 2013	OP
Zero-sum thinking. Switch to the rising tide metaphor.	Robb	Jan 2013	#1
It was President Obama who brought up the issue in his inaugural address.	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#4
You really should direct your questions to Congress. King Barack can't issue a decree to solve the	MADem	Jan 2013	#2
We all know that Congress did not write King Barack's inaugural speech n/t	Fumesucker	Jan 2013	#22
Apparently some of us don't know that only Congress can make law, though...	MADem	Jan 2013	#28
Actually, I already had that figured out, but ...	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#33
He brought it up as a question, an exhortation.	MADem	Jan 2013	#40
The poor and unemployed..	99Forever	Jan 2013	#3
Both parties are beholden to corporate interests. BOTH PARTIES!!	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#6
Yes, did I say otherwise?	99Forever	Jan 2013	#9
I am not angry at you! I thought that I was agreeing with you.	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#14
Sorry then...	99Forever	Jan 2013	#16
Thanks for letting me know! Otherwise I would have not known. nt	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#17
One party is pro-immigrant, pro-diversity. The other is pro-white, 'we want our country back' from	pampango	Jan 2013	#11
I don't see it that way. I see both parties perpetuating a partisan soap opera, while ...	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#15
You are welcome to your beliefs that Democrats are not sincerely pro-immigrant and pro-diversity and	pampango	Jan 2013	#20
So...	99Forever	Jan 2013	#18
I'm sure you don't look for help BECAUSE you are WHITE American. Teabaggers do have that expectation	pampango	Jan 2013	#23
Thanks...	99Forever	Jan 2013	#29
Recipients of H-1B visas are not only NOT "highly skilled," 94% are not even "Fully Competent."	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#30
We may not disagree that much. I took the OP as addressing real immigrants and college graduates	pampango	Jan 2013	#34
It was YOU who introduced the race card though!	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#36
I said teabaggers are anti-diversity, pro-white, "we want our country back" types. Do you disagree?	pampango	Jan 2013	#37
Personally, I pay little attention the the tea party. They are stupid.	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#43
You'll have to help me here. Where did I "mock, taunt, and smear US STEM workers"?	pampango	Jan 2013	#46
Help you? Why do I have to help you?	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#47
History is irrelevant? If that is how you approach issues, fine.	pampango	Jan 2013	#50
You are for immigration, fine, I am too. You want smear WHITE people, fine, but I don't ...	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#57
If repeating the meme that I hate white people and Southerners makes this easier for you, fine.	pampango	Jan 2013	#58
It is your words that I read. Maybe you misspoke.	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#60
Can't we have a party that is anti-racist instead of pro-diversity?	davidn3600	Jan 2013	#49
That's an interesting take. I have never thought of being pro-diversity as not being anti-racist.	pampango	Jan 2013	#51
And you came here to deliver that message?	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#52
Cheap labor? 1) H-1B workers are paid prevailing wage; 2) Unemployment among STEM grads is <5%	leveymg	Jan 2013	#5
Don't disturb the morning hate session	alcibiades_mystery	Jan 2013	#7
+1	JoePhilly	Jan 2013	#12
I just don't see how anyone can read hate into someone rationally observing the world around them.	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#19
I like your defintion of "rationality"	Jeff In Milwaukee	Jan 2013	#27
The accusation of "hate" was introduced by someone who is unaware of the world around ...	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#31
yup	La Lioness Priyanka	Jan 2013	#41
WELL DONE. You have identified a classic "divide two groups" argument--we've seen a lot of 'em here	MADem	Jan 2013	#42
The only way that unemployment can be measured at 4.6% for chemists is to ignore ...	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#8
What is the source for those three assertions?	leveymg	Jan 2013	#21
I don't have the source right at hand.	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#24
How many US workers do you think are employed in the US Information sector?	leveymg	Jan 2013	#32
It is NOT a small number of workers!	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#35
It's about 10-12%, including all nonimmigrant classes, including short term B-1	leveymg	Jan 2013	#38
As bad as H-1B visas are, OPTs, L1s, and B1s are worse.	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#45
I disagree on what you say about prevailing wage having "no value"	leveymg	Jan 2013	#48
Several wrong facts in your post	WilmywoodNCparalegal	Jan 2013	#55
Every aspect of these work visas is totally consumed with fraud.	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#56
What does STEM mean? nt	LiberalEsto	Jan 2013	#10
(S)cience (T)echnology (E)ngineering (M)athematics	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#13
K&R They/we do not exist, dontcha know?	Egalitarian Thug	Jan 2013	#25
Looks like things are getting better.	countingbluecars	Jan 2013	#26
Sounds like you might fit in better with the GOP Tea-Nazis because....	OldDem2012	Jan 2013	#39
I too am unemployed. I too am over 55.	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#44
Viewed from the extremes	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#53
How about the 50% of recent college grads who cannot find a job because of the deluge ...HUH?	lunasun	Jan 2013	#54
Most people don't object to TRULY highly skilled workers, but do object to REPLACEMENT workers	twins.fan	Jan 2013	#59

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