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MurrayDelph

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6. The problem is not the qualifications

Reply to scscholar (Original post)

Tue Aug 9, 2016, 12:16 PM

Aug 2016

It's that the companies don't want to pay what those skills fairly cost. They want to get people with 30 years experience to work double shifts for trainee-level pay.

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