It’s important to note that 74% or 111/150 companies didn’t report having a shortlist, and of those 39 companies that did, likely some of the shortlists are local and regional universities
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I want to know whether Noordende is sending his kids (well, grandkids, he’s 63) to college or not, and what they’re studying.
Anytime I hear some titan of business start to talk about how college isn’t worth it, I always wonder if they’re making sure their (grand)kids become plumbers—and every time I can find any information on it (which admittedly isn’t most of the time, and quite reasonably so—even CEOs deserve familial privacy), very strangely that’s not the case.
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He owns multiple properties, so he needs good plumbers. Good mechanics too, for his many luxury cars. 
Also, note that a rather large segment of Randstad’s business involves recruiting for temporary roles and other positions that don’t require college degrees.
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The trades don’t provide an easy life.
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Can you provide a synopsis. It’s behind a paywall.
It showed up as gifted for me.
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I wonder if it’s because of a cleared cache or you’ve not opened x amount of articles. This is what I get. We are back to a lot of people are posting blocked links.
It isn’t paywalled for me either and I didn’t clear anything.
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odd - I don’t know how all that works. OK - well for some it’s working. But not me. oh well. I put a screenshot of what I get above. Maybe you all have NYT accounts??
It’s a profession with high danger, suicide rates, drug addiction rates, stress, and cyclical boom and busts.
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Also, anytime I read someone pushing specific industries/jobs, I assume they are trying to commoditize workers in that industry to drive down the price of labor. I never think it is a sincerely helpful suggestion.
I think of all the “teacher shortage” articles in the 90s/2000s…and then the stories of 1000s of applications for each teaching job offered.
More recently, the coding/CS push has led to another glut of workers searching for jobs that might not exist and are highly competitive due to so many people trying to get one.
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You can just scroll down from that screenshot and then article will be available Saying this as someone who canceled their subscription years ago.
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Nope - the box to sign in stays - but I got a note PM that many I say I can’t see others do - so maybe I have a security level on my computer or something.
Thanks
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Interesting notation in the article:
“Construction workers are particularly vulnerable to suicide because of a collision of risk factors. Men without a college degree and veterans, two groups with high rates of suicide and of gun ownership, often work in construction. Guns are used in the majority of all suicides, and men who own handguns are nearly eight times as likely to die by gun suicide than those who do not.”
And this: “Get hurt on the job and a painkiller prescription can spiral into addiction, as it did for Mr. Nehiley, who was prescribed opioids in 2001 for an injury, leading to a relapse of an addiction that began in adolescence. “The prayers before I went to bed at night were ‘Please God, don’t let me wake up in the morning,’” said Mr. Nehiley, 62, now sober for 15 years.”
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Thanks - but nope. It must be my settings since others can see.
Thanks for trying.
Maybe we should spin off a thread to discuss article access issues, and get back on-topic here?
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Yes. Add in long hours, too. For a few more stats on some of the dangers, from the article:
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Construction is the most dangerous job in the country with about 1k people dying per year from work-related injuries.
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The construction industry has the 2nd highest suicide rate of any major industry, only coming in behind mining. 5100 died from suicide in 2023.
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Construction workers die from drug overdoses at a greater rate than workers in any other industry, with 15,900 in 2023, down from 17k in 2022.
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