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Some folks think they are too good to get their hands dirty as a mechanic, but this is somewhat limited thinking and quite arrogant in many respects. For instance, a student with an MBA will most likely work the first 5 years of their career in a smaller company to get experience, whereas mechanics start at a high hourly pay nearly the second they graduate and many companies will pay for their educational bills and send them to specialty training.

And just because you are a mechanic does not mean you will be getting as dirty as you think, as there are all sorts of mechanics and they work on many different things. Right now there are shortages of Airplane Mechanics, Truck Mechanics, Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Marine Mechanics and Hybrid Car Mechanics, as well as regular car mechanics. Today, this equipment is high tech and the mechanics are highly skilled using computer equipment to trouble shoot and do diagnostics.

For those who think that being a mechanic is less than noble, well, they may be pleasantly surprised to find that there is a shortage of car mechanics of about 145,000 and truck mechanics of about 75,000 and that’s just right now, the numbers are growing and so is the pay. If you have ever wanted to retrain yourself for a good paying job, look no further, because there is a high-paying, in-demand mechanics job waiting for you “Before” you graduate and most trade schools cannot even fill the job orders that come into the schools. Something to think about indeed.

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