He needs hundreds of technicians, welders, and machinists. The U.S. is not only suffering from a skills gap it is suffering from a skills mismatch.  This article from the National Journal, by Michael Hirsh and Fawn Johnson reports on the ever widening space between those looking for work and companies who need to hire workers with technical and machinng skills. Desperately Seeking Skills. How an unqualified workforce is prolonging America’s economic misery. Eric Spiegel dwells in an alternate universe. percent. the U.S. subsidiary of the German engineering conglomerate. s, either. MORE >>

As the instructor Joseph Goldenberg explained, today’s skilled factory worker is really a hybrid of an old-school machinist and a computer programmer. A couple of weeks ago I watched a 60 Minutes segment on the "problems" employers are having finding trained and work-ready employees for the jobs they have available. They profiled a company in Las Vegas that was having problems finding those workers with the skill sets necessary. Many of them were technical some were simple organizational and communication skills. The irony is not lost here. Who Built It? Well, Who Paid for It? The catch? MORE >>

But the damage to skill and craftsmanship — what’s needed to build a complex airliner or a tractor, or for a worker to move up from assembler to machinist to supervisor — went largely unnoticed. In parallel to the book "Art of the Deal" which by its Author, Donald Trump, seems to embrace the past 30 years emphasis on largesse oblige, I share with you this essay from the New York Times about the Art of the Trade and the loss of the craftsman. We have lost the art of the trades in many ways. so it falls to the bottom of the list. This was the 70s and perhaps it was really another time. MORE >>

This post, originally published as a Google Knol (which is being discontinued, yawn), is now repurposed for this blog.  One of the reasons I want to republish this thing is because I consider it one of the most comprehensive how-to guides for California mechanic lien filings. This how-to guide really does give a start-to-finish explanation on how to file a California mechanics lien. Attorneys and Collection Agencies around the country will unanimously agree that filing a mechanic’s lien is one of the best ways to collect money owed to you on a construction project. Cleaning services. MORE >>

The statutes provide that the following parties have the right to file a Georgia Mechanics Lien : Mechanics of all sorts who have taken no personal security for work done or materials furnished, contractors, subcontractors, materialmen to contractor or subcontractors, laborers, registered architects, registered surveyors, registered professional engineers, contractors/subcontractors/materialmen furnishing material to subcontractors, machinists/manufacturers of machinery, equipment renters. This article is a step-by-step guide to filing a Georgia mechanics lien. Not everyone does. MORE >>