# So, what should Americans be retraining for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 26, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-americans-be-retraining-for/576026 "2011-03-26T01:48:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Le\_Jacquelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Le\_Jacquelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Jacquelope)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-americans-be-retraining-for/576026/121 "2011-04-02T08:17:53Z")
The point that seems to never get addressed here is… what happens when you get into a cycle of retraining and finding that the high-growth job you retrained for, is suddenly saturated with applicants? When you have 4 to 5 people fighting for every 1 job how is it possible that this oversaturation _won’t_ happen? How is this _not_ a game of musical chairs? What do we do with the people who retrain and come into an impacted job market and can’t find work? After all, we did tell them to retrain for xxx high growth industry. ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-americans-be-retraining-for/576026/122 "2011-04-02T08:55:52Z")
> [@Le\_Jacquelope](#): > > The point that seems to never get addressed here is… what happens when you get into a cycle of retraining and finding that the high-growth job you retrained for, is suddenly saturated with applicants? > > When you have 4 to 5 people fighting for every 1 job how is it possible that this oversaturation _won’t_ happen? > > How is this _not_ a game of musical chairs? > > What do we do with the people who retrain and come into an impacted job market and can’t find work? After all, we did tell them to retrain for xxx high growth industry. I believe the technical term is _shit out of luck_. Maybe if you sabotage a companies there will be more job openings. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Jacquelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Le\_Jacquelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Jacquelope)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-americans-be-retraining-for/576026/123 "2011-04-04T12:55:02Z")
So… no one knows what we can do about the people who retrain and come into an impacted job market and can’t find work? What’s the final answer society has? Tough shite, to the sharks with ye? A society that casts aside its most vulnerable citizens isn’t a society. It’s an uncivilized jungle. ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-americans-be-retraining-for/576026/124 "2011-04-04T14:01:24Z")
> [@Le\_Jacquelope](#): > > So… no one knows what we can do about the people who retrain and come into an impacted job market and can’t find work? > > What’s the final answer society has? Tough shite, to the sharks with ye? A society that casts aside its most vulnerable citizens isn’t a society. It’s an uncivilized jungle. Lots of people answered, you have them on ignore. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-americans-be-retraining-for/576026/125 "2011-04-06T04:26:11Z")
The disaster in japan is going to end up putting some work back here. The clean up will take a long time and many companies can not wait for them. ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-americans-be-retraining-for/576026/126 "2011-04-06T04:52:21Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > The disaster in japan is going to end up putting some work back here. The clean up will take a long time and many companies can not wait for them. Gosh, now if only India and China could have a massive natural disaster the US economy would be set. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-americans-be-retraining-for/576026.md?page=6)