My kid’s at Moog, says they can’t fill jobs and are incentivizing eligible retirees to stay on. Plus there’s been an uptick in Defense contracts and not just there. STEM sounds a good way to go. Would venture to say it’s better now than awhile back, two of mine graduated with B.E. around 2007, it wasn’t a smooth transition into the work market then.
When I dropped out of H.S., granted it was in the ‘70’s, trades were near impossible to get in. Had a neighbor who was a union rep in the Iron Workers saying he’d get me in, after a year, I gave up. Now trades are so desperate they advertise on the radio around here in Buffalo. Again, don’t think you can go wrong there either.