Wal-Mart's Ad Campaign...what do you think?

[Lady's Human]

There are many jobs which don't require college, but they pay well.
Most traditional trades (carpentry, mechanics, machinists etc.) can be learned through on the job training. While tech schools are available to teach trades, they are not always mandatory. Were I hiring someone for a technical skill or a traditional trade, I would take someone with work experience over someone newly out of college or trade school.

An example of someone who couldn't do well in college? Me. However, I have experience and training (a combination of military training and self-education) which allow me to earn enough to pay the bills for my family and then some.

BTW, skilled craftsmen are well paid.

[Sevaede]

I agree with Cataholic and Pembroke.

I am trying to go to school to be a vet tech, and then a vet, and trying to help support us on 5.15 an hour just isn't cutting it.

Marigold,
Wal Mart emplys people who otherwise would not have a job? Yeah, that's pretty much what ALL employers do.

I do not shop at Wal Mart having learned things about them. My husband does not agree with the fact that they are taking away potential jobs for people by putting in those automatic checkers (where you just scan and check your groceries yourself). We also do not agre with other things.

I don't complain about it but I don't shop there. I have found that the quality of things there is not that *great* anyways (regardless of how I feel about them, yes).