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No WSJ do passado dia 8 de Maio podia ler-se "High-School Juniors Attract Job Offers Topping"

O artigo descreve como programas de formação técnica desenvolvidos nas escolas secundárias nos EUA estão a atrair cada vez mais estudantes, oferecendo-lhes oportunidades de carreira bem remuneradas em áreas como soldadura, canalização ou manutenção industrial — muitas vezes antes mesmo de terminarem o ensino secundário. Esta tendência é impulsionada pela escassez de mão-de-obra qualificada, a reforma dos baby boomers e uma nova cultura que se está a impor e que valoriza o ensino técnico como via viável e lucrativa.

"Elijah Rios won't graduate from high school until next year, but he already has a job offer - one that pays $68,000 a year.

Rios, 17 years old, is a junior taking welding classes at Father Judge, a Catholic high school in Philadelphia that works closely with companies looking for workers in the skilled trades. Employers are dealing with a shortage of such workers as baby boomers retire. They have increasingly begun courting high-school students like Rios—a strategy they said is likely to become more crucial in the coming years.

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All 24 graduating seniors in the welding programme have job offers starting at $50,000 and above."

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Employers ranging from the local transit system to submarine manufacturers make regular visits to Father Judge’s welding classrooms every year, bringing branded swag and pitching students on their workplaces."