New jobs for the 21st century, Bush says he'll increase Pell grants....

[whistle]

...to train young and old for the new jobs of the 21st century, but he doesn't say what those jobs will be and who will qualify for the skills needed to apply for those jobs. The Bush administraytion as with so many responsibilities and national priorities under their watch have been asleep. In the U.K. however, that government has mapped out a plan:

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Oct 14, 2004
The rise and fall of 21st century jobs

Longevity consultants and nano-technologists are set to become as familiar as shop keepers and accountants as new technology and changing lifestyles conspire to transform the UK job market.

In the first analysis of its kind, City & Guilds, the UK’s leading vocational awarding body, has forecast which careers are set to emerge, thrive or significantly change over the next decade.

While postal workers and milkmen may find themselves out in the cold job wise, it will be boom time for personal dieticians, psychologists and plastic surgeons. Rising affluence, complex family arrangements and increased lifespan will create demand for many different types of workers who are paid to keep people looking good and feeling physically and mentally fit. Longevity consultants are predicted to emerge to help retired people make best use of their later years giving advice on health, financial planning and lifestyle pursuits.

However, tomorrow’s brightest children would do well to turn their minds to science. The hottest jobs are likely to be among nano-technologists – scientists involved in building unimaginably tiny structures - and bioinformatics specialists who fuse technology and science to aid medical research.

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What have Bush promised? Pell Grants to train more crane operators. Get trained, go into debt, graduate and then be qualified for jobs are have been outsourced and sent overseas.

Vote Kerry, he has a REAL plan.

[otohara]

1. I Took Computer Classes @ Community College

The truck drivers, women who were fired from grocery stores for having horrible carpal tunnel hands from slicing meats for years, were in total panic about the prospects of finding a new job at their age, even with some new skills (mostly computer) under their belts.

That was 4 years ago - now those computer skills are probably useless as customer service jobs now go to India, Philippines

[whistle]

2. Don't get discouraged, keep your skill level current, Kerry is promising..

...11 million jobs in the next 4 years and when he serves another 4 years there will be that many more new jobs to follow. I believe in the training and education goals, but not the way Bush promises them, because we now know that Dubyas promises are empty promises.

[sandnsea]

3. He promised that in 2000

He didn't raise the amount of Pell Grants in the last 4 years, why would he now? They don't even cover tuition anymore, they used to cover tuition, books and fees. We qualify at about the lowest incomes possible because we have an in-home business and get alot of tax deductions. No, nothing much new from Bush either.

[Cocoa]

4. Prison guards

high demand both here and in our outer territories.