Do we have an employMENT problem or an employABLE problem??? Three million open jobs in U.S.

[Rey C.]

Damn fine piece on 60 Minutes tonight! This doesn't apply to all of the unemployed souls out there and I'm not trying to make it seem like it does. We still have an employment problem. But another side to the issue is that too many people are largely unemployable. But for those who say, "there are NO jobs," I've been saying bullshit for quiet a awhile. Just like the guy on here (Boobfan?) who claimed to have a degree and all kinds of certificates in IT and for the next four years he wasn't going to be able to get hired... Bullshit!!! Some people just do NOT want to work (Boobfan). And some others (the ones in this piece) need skills (re)training to get one of the many jobs that are out there.

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The balance of power in Washington didn't change this week as President Obama and most members of Congress kept their jobs. They'll go back to work and face an unemployment problem that also hasn't changed very much. Every month since January 2009, more than 20 million Americans have been either out of work or underemployed. Yet despite that staggering number, there are more than three million job openings in the U.S. Just in manufacturing, there are as many as 500,000 jobs that aren't being filled because employers say they can't find qualified workers.

It's called "the skills gap." How could that be, we wondered, at a time like this with so many people out of work? No place is the question more pressing than in Nevada. The state with the highest unemployment rate in the country. A place where there are jobs waiting to be filled.