What The U.S. Can Learn From The Way Germany Trains Its Workforce
Germany boasts a highly skilled industrial labor force, thanks in large part to a system of vocational training that the U.S. abandoned.
At 18, Johan, a German teen working as an apprentice in the Georgsmarien Huette steel mill in western Germany, is earning about $1,200 a month. For every 12 months he serves as an apprentice, he qualifies for a bonus of one month's pay. Better still, when Johan finishes training, he'll have a job waiting for him that will pay three times this wage.