Re:But no one is taking the graduates (Score 2, Interesting)

According to a recent article in the CBC (Canada), a similar situation is occuring in the skilled trades: specifically those jobs that require an apprenticeship period. There seem to be ample people applying to these college programs, but not enough graduating. The reason is, that despite the fact that older tradespeople are retiring and leaving a shortage, companies employing tradespeople are becoming unwilling to take on apprentices. They site two major factors: (1) They're too busy to train an apprentice (because of high demand for work and a shrinking work force), and (2) They're unwilling to invest the time and money into training someone that might just leave them for a better job afterwards.