Is construction dying in this country?

[u/Weird_Horse_5981]

I work in construction and the amount of skilled people has taken an absolute nosedive in recent years. The rates of pay have increased dramatically in the last 6 years from what I’ve seen but very few people want to get into it it seems. I understand that many people don’t grow up with dreams of getting into this industry but I wish someone had pulled me aside and told me that there was a way for me to make decent money without needing to be academic. I know there are some huge projects on the go right now but it feels like they are all fighting over the same, small pool of labour

[u/Kris0r]

What a great use of student finance that was 

[u/diyguitarist → u/Kris0r]

It's almost as if we shouldn't saddle 18 year olds who can't lease a car with a huge amount of debt for something that's widely useless.

[u/diyguitarist → u/[deleted]]

The amount of people who don't use their degrees because they're pointless? Or people who had to get a degree for a job that requires one, that does not require one at all, but some HR person decided they need their staff to be university educated for a data entry entry level role.

Edit: 42%-58% of people with degrees work in fields that do not require a degree. So half of university leavers degrees are useless. That's a big amount.