US Unemployment & Skilled Trades Demand

USÍUNÉMPLOYMENT. & SKILLED TRADES DEMAND UNITED STATES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (PERCENTAGE OF THE LABOR FORCE) 8.0 7.9 7.7 7.8 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.0 7.0 6.7 6.8 6.6 6.6 APR 13 JUL 13 OCT 13 JAN 14 U.S. YTD & ANNUAL JOB GAIN BY INDUSTRY (MARCH 2013) MINING & LOGGING 17 91 CONSTRUCTION 162 X MANUFACTURING |30 |71 TRADE, TRANS. UTILS 394 |28 |25 INFORMATION 13 FINANCE |81 177 iti PROF./BUS |533 90 EDU/HEALTH 365 74 M LEISURE/HOSP 291 -5 OTHER SERVICES 47 YTD -9 -76 ШI GOVT. ANN EMPLOYMENT PERCENT CHANGE PROJECTED ANNUAL JOB OPENINGS UNITED STATES 2012 2022 WELDERS, CUTTERS, SOLDERERS & BRAZERS 357,400 378,200 +6% 10,850 SKILLED-TRADE THE LAST OF THE BABY THE SKILLED TRADES SUFFERED DURING THE DOWNTURN, DECLINING 13% IN EMPLOYMENT BOOMERS WILL HAVE PROFESSIONS HAVE REBOUNDED SINCE REACHED RETIREMENT AGE AND 77 MILLION BABY THE RECESSION, WITH EMPLOYMENT BOOMERS WILL HAVE LEFT EXPANDING 6.2% THE WORKFORCE. 2007-2009 2010-2012 2030 AGE BREAKDOWN: SKILLED TRADES VS. ALL JOBS 46.1% 48.7% 32.4% 25-44 YEARS 45-54 YEARS 23.6% |ALL JOBS SKILLED TRADES 55-64 YEARS 65+ YEARS 18.6% 15.5% 4.8% 1.9% MANUFACTURING JOBS HANDLED BY UNSKILLED LABOR 2009 MANPOWER TALENT SHORTAGE SURVEY (MOST IN-DEMAND EMPLOYEES) ELECTRICIANS 60% 15% * CARPENTERS/JOINERS 1950 2005. WELDERS THERE ARE AS MANY AS 3 MILLION UNFILLED TRADE JOBS IN THE U.S., WITH MORE THAN 500,000 IN MANUFACTURING ALONE DUE TO LACK OF SKILLED TRAINING. = 100,000 TULSA TULSA WWELDING W WELDING SCHOOL “A Smart Investment" SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE www.WELDINGSCHOOL.COM You Tube SOURCES: HTTP://AXIOMETRICS.COM/BLOG/INDEX.PHP/JOBS-REPORT-MARCH-2013/. HTTP://wwW.NUTSANDBOLTSFOUNDATION.ORG/WP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/EPK-FACT-SHEET-FINAL.PDF HTTP://www.TRADINGECONOMICS.COM/UNITED-STATES/UNEMPLOYMENT-RATE, HTTP://WwW.FORBES.COM/SITES/EMSI/2013/03/07/AMERICAS-SKILLED-TRADES-DILEMMA-SHORTAGES-LOOM-AS-MOST-IN-DEMAND-GROUP-OF-WORKERS-AGES/, HTTP://NEWS.THOMASNET.COM/IMT/2012/11/19/MANUFACTURING-SKILLS-GAP-AN-EDUCATION-BRANDING-PROBLEM/ HTTP://www.CAREERINFONET.ORG/Occ_REP.ASP?ID-&LEVEL-&OPTSTATUS-111111111&NODEID-2&SOCCODE-5141218STFIPS-40&JOBFAM-51#SECTIONOP3 ACCREDITED SCHOOL. ACCSC. TWS-JACKSONVILLE IS A BRANCH CAMPUS OF TULSA WELDING SCHOOOL. LOCATED AT 2545 E. 11TH ST., TULSA, OK 74104. TULSA, OK CAMPUS IS LICENSED BY OBPVS. JACKSONVILLE, FL CAMPUS IS LICENSED BY THE FLORIDA COMMISSION FOR INDEPENDENT EDUCATION, LICENSE NO. 2331 AND BY THE MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON PROPRIETARY SCHOOL AND COLLEGE REGISTRATION, LICENSE NO. C-668. ACCREDITED IN INDIANA BY THE SWIC (AC-0290). FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR GRADUATION RATES, THE MEDIAN DEBT OF STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE OUR PROGRAMS, AND OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: HTTP://www.WELDINGSCHOOL.COM/GEDISCLOSURE.