Post by CMF Newsman on Mar 16, 2012 11:45:43 GMT -5
Tim Jennings has a problem few employers have had since the recession hit -- he has more jobs than he can fill.
Metro Boiler Tube Co. had to slash its workforce by about 40 percent a few years back. Now the company is in full-on growth mode, and Jennings can't find enough welders to fill the Ringgold plant's three shifts.
"It's a dying breed. There's a lot of people getting ready to retire and there's not enough people coming up," the company's human resources director said. "It's dirty and hot, but it's steady and it pays well."
Metropolitan Chattanooga added 3,990 jobs in the past year from January 2011 to January 2012, according to state employment numbers released Thursday. The metro area jobless rate fell from 9.1 percent a year ago to 7.8 percent in January 2012.
www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/mar/16/job-offers-rise-as-economy-improves/
Metro Boiler Tube Co. had to slash its workforce by about 40 percent a few years back. Now the company is in full-on growth mode, and Jennings can't find enough welders to fill the Ringgold plant's three shifts.
"It's a dying breed. There's a lot of people getting ready to retire and there's not enough people coming up," the company's human resources director said. "It's dirty and hot, but it's steady and it pays well."
Metropolitan Chattanooga added 3,990 jobs in the past year from January 2011 to January 2012, according to state employment numbers released Thursday. The metro area jobless rate fell from 9.1 percent a year ago to 7.8 percent in January 2012.
www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/mar/16/job-offers-rise-as-economy-improves/