siemens alone has more than 3400 jobs open in the u.s. engineers, sales, production. that includes hundreds of jobs here in charlotte, north carolina. making turbines and generators. >> the key thing that we're looking for are folks that have mechanical aptitude and math skills to be able to learn how to do programming for the automated equipment we use. >> reporter: siemens puts applicants through a battery of tests, reading, math, mechanical aptitude, only 10% pass. and are deemed to have enough skills to be trained for these jobs. it's a nationwide problem. a recent manpower survey found that 52% of employers are having trouble filling key jobs. in west virginia, ibs hydro, an environmental clean-up company desperately needs certified drivers to drive heavy equipment. workers with construction experience and safety training. larry dawson says a lack of qualified workers is hurting his ability to expand. >> you can buy all the equipment in the world, but you still have to have the trained employees to operate that equipment. >> reporter: what's the answer? experts s

siemens alone has more than 3,400 jobs open in the u.s. engineers, sales, production, that includes hundreds of jobs here in charlotte, north carolina making turbines and generators. >> the key things that we're looking for are folks that have mechanical aptitude and math skills to be able to learn how to do programming for the automated equipment that we use. >> reporter: siemens puts applicants for jobs here through a battery of tests, reading, math, mechanical aptitude. only 10% pass and are deemed to have enough skills to be trained for these jobs. it's a nationwide problem, a recent manpower survey found that 52% of employers are having trouble filling key jobs. in west virginia, an ibm hydro, an environmental cleanup company desperately needs certified drivers to drive heavy equipment. workers with construction experience and safety training. larry dawson says a lack of qualified workers is hurting his ability to expand. >> you can buy all the equipment in the world, but you still have to have the trained employees to operate that eq

a sixty five percent stake in the venture which will be located in st petersburg meanwhile siemens is selling a blocking stake and power machines to the russian companies majority shareholder that which is controlled by aleksey of of the self and the venture sets of produce and develop gas turbines and provide relevant services. or oil is advancing from two week lows and that's after president obama announced democrats and republicans had agreed on a two and a half trillion dollar cost cutting program for the next ten years bots analysts are just current oil prices together with spending cuts could have a negative impact even an oil rich countries like russia. if you look at the u.s. economy for example one reason why they call me has not done very well in the photograph of you is because they're american consumer has suffered because of the high oil prices the social have disk is also a huge the power of the american consumer and again this is a drag on global growth in my opinion the best price for the global economy right now and maybe even for us she's not one of them do it depart

power machines siemens will hold a sixty five percent stake in the venture which will be located in st petersburg meanwhile siemens is selling a blocking stake in power machines to the russian companies majority shareholder high stats which is controlled by alex thier money. the venture is set to produce and develop gas turbines and provide relevant service. crude oil is falling once again amid fears global economic growth is slowing down the latest manufacturing figures from the us and europe make this more reading but the slide in oil may not be all bad for russia as divine chicago from renaissance capital explains. if you look at the u.s. economy for example one reason why the economy has not done very well in the photograph of you is because they're making consumer has suffered because of the crisis the social have discovered also to use the purchasing power of the american consumer and again this is a drag on global growth in my opinion the best price for a global economy right now and maybe even for russia is not one of them great deployments around one thousand five hundred d

german industrial giant siemens respondants set up a gas turbine joint venture with russian company power machines siemens will hold a sixty five percent stake in the venture which will be located in st petersburg meanwhile siemens is selling a block can stay in power machines to the russian companies majority shareholder high stats which is controlled by alex. the venture is set to produce and develop gas turbines and provide relevant service. crude oil is falling once again amid fears global economic growth is slowing down the latest manufacturing figures from the us and europe make this more reading but the slide in the oil may not be all bad for russia as yvonne chicago from renaissance capital explains. if you could they use you call me for example one reason why because he has not done very well in the first half of your is because the american consumer has suffered because of the all prices he's also have to disclose also that he used the peterson power of the american consumer and again this is a drag on global growth in my opinion the best all cries for the global economy right n

is planning to set up a gas turbine joint venture with the russian company power machines siemens will hold a sixty five percent stake in the venture which will be located in st petersburg meanwhile siemens is selling a blocking stake and power issues to the russian companies majority shareholder high sat which is controlled by alex in one of the short of the venture is such a produce and develop gas turbines and provide relevant services. oil is advancing from two week lows and that's after president obama announced democrats and republicans had agreed on a two and a half trillion dollar cost cutting program for the next ten years and this should ensure the debt ceiling is raised and there will be no default on its own payments now meanwhile every port from of europe's biggest oil company of oil dutch shell says the time of local stall and gas is at an end it says finding new sources will be more complex and require more money and investment but whether this will mean attached bonanza for oil rich nations is an open question. the cheap energy is a function again all of the financial m

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what does siemens do as far as apprenticeship go? caller: first of all i would like to say siemenses building the power generation equipment in north carolina. we made the decision about two years ago to make it a hub for world production of 60 hertz power generation equipment. in order to be competitive in the global market, we have to use high-tech processes. we aren't there is a shortage of folks that can come in and beat machinists. -- we found there is a shortage of folks second gunman and the machinists. we decided to launch a apprenticeship program. germany has a very intensive apprenticeship program. k it is a partnership with the community college here in charlotte. they will work with us and work with the college in the 3.5 your program. when they are done, they will have a two-year degree and be ready to run a machine by themselves for us. host: are you finding a lot of people are eager to participate in your program? caller: yes, there really is a large group of folks that have decided they will not go on and get their fo

francisco was recently named the most sustainable city in north america after an extensive study by siemens. the area where the city was ranked first was in its commitment to zero waste. rec and park contributes to that effort by partnering with the department of environment. our department has improved management of waste and eliminated 50% of our dumpsters in the late marced area. with respect to our efforts of fostering community loyalty, rec and park hosted a number of city family events. we are up to fight even spurrier. we have annual free events in our parks. we took advantage of world cup madness and offered free women's world cup viewing. numerous other smaller community events. we provided 55,000 permits for a variety of events and free community space is provided to the public every week for meetings and other events. the department continues to work on its communications strategies. we've implemented a variety of social media tools to improve communication with the public, including a weekly e-newsletter, regular facebook and put your updates, and we've begun micro- blogging abo

. >> about three months ago, mitt romney said he believes there is getting warmer, and that siemens contribute, but on wednesday he says he is not too sure -- and that humans contribute, and on wednesday he says he's not too sure and we should not spend billions of dollars on things we're not sure about. >> he is right about that, and there are environmentalists in denmark who have looked at this. it is a fact that we are pumping more co2 into the air than ever before, much higher than a natural right, and it is having an effect on the atmosphere. the other part, however, is a problematic one, which is not a fact. the models that predict how the earth and climate will react. our models are extremely in complete, as we see in weather predicting. predicting 20, 50, 100 years in the future -- our predictions are changing, which ought to tell you that the models are at least incomplete and efficient. >> he has appointed meteorologi -- he has a point. meteorologists give you a seven- day forecast but they change it. >> they do so at their own peril and get the beach furniture in before it comes . r

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and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens.rs. >>> welcome back, everyone, to our continuing coverage here. the clock is still ticking toward default. if the u.s. doesn't raise its debt ceiling but the details appear to be falling into place to finally get it done. you see the clock there. we have heard from the president, leaders in congress. they say they have struck a deal to raise the nation's debt limit and cut the nation's spending. >> there are still some very important votes to be taken by members of congress but i want to announce that the leaders of both parties in both chambers have reached an agreement that will reduce the deficit and avoid default. a default that would have had a devastating effect on our economy. the first part of this agreement will cut about $1 trillion in spending over the next ten years, cuts that both parties had agreed to early on in this process. the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was president. but at a level that still allows us to mak

subsidiary of german engineering giant siemens say they can't find the skilled workers they need and joining me is randi weingarten who is the president of the american federation of teachers, and randi, thank you for making time for us. >> it is always great to be with you, tamron. >> let me ask you about this, because there are numbers out there floating around that there may be as many as 3 million openings for jobs out there that are not filled because the american workforce is not equipped to fill the space, and how is that possible? >> and that may be a low number and not a high number, because that is a labor department number in terms of the 3.1 million jobs that people actually say are unfilled jobs. because what you have is you have a skills mismatch. so, you have businesses like siemens and like manufacturers and even mining or logging, social assistance programs, business, and you have businesses that are wanting for people who have a certain skill set. you have people who want a job. what we don't have is that we don't have a way of both connecting them and also a way of

. >> peter is the chairman of siemens corporation and joins me from washington, d.c.ou were ahead of the curve with this announcement. with your field with industry, engineering and health care, siemens announced in april it would reserve 10% of open jobs for veterans. in terms of hard numbers of openings, peter, how much does this translate to? >> we have 60,000 jobs now in the united states. we're adding 3,000 back in april. that was a commitment of 300 that we were going to commit to vets. we overshot that in about three months we've committed to raise it to another 450. this is more a matter of effort than numbers. what we found is when we concentrate on looking for veterans with the right skills we found them and they make great employees. >> are some of those that you find have been have they been unemployed before and unfortunately in look for a job? >> in some cases, yes. largely just a collection of looking for the right people and being able to match the military skill of leadership and familiarity with technology with what we need which is also leadership a

and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens.> joining me, senator john thune, republican of south dakota, and senator claire mccaskill, democrat of missouri. welcome both of you to "meet the press." well, this is really where the action is right now. it's in the senate. senator thune, as a republican here, somebody who's reportedly in play, what has to be in this agreement to get you to yes? >> well, i think a couple things, david. first, no taxes, spending reductions at least equal to the amount that the debt limit would be increased by, dollar for dollar, and i think a pathway to entitlement oncc1:cc1: reform. those are the elements that i think a lot of republicans are going to be looking for in order to support a final bill. >> so, you heard david plouffe a minute ago, that mcconnell is saying there's no tax increases in this deal, and that's true, 1: there is still, again,cc another committee that's going to look at making the hard entitlements and1: tax reform, and the president, you know, is going to look at that committe

. >> one quick point, i was talking to the ceo of siemens and to other corporate leaders who say that women coming back from military training are often way ahead of others coming out of colleges and high schools because they have a much better high tech background because of the technology that they're using in the modern military. so the military is a terrific career option just in terms of transitioning to the private sector if those private sector jobs were there. >> that's true also of institutions of higher learning when they come back and go to college. almost all the university and state college presidents they lift our entire student body because they mature. they've got discipline. they have a sense of mission. they now know what's important in their life. one young man in minnesota lost both of his legs came back and ran fr the state legislature to which he's been elected. excuse me, he said to me before i went to war i was a knuckle head. i lost both my leks, i didn't lose my life, and i found a whole new direction. we can learn from them as well. >> it's such an important

. >> siemens, for example, recently met their goal of hiring 300 veterans so they're aiming to hire 150ore by december. microsoft is helping is helping more than 10,000 veterans to get i.t.-certified over the next two years. and today groups from the u.s. charge to accenture to lockheed martin are doing their part to help veterans get back in the workforce. host: tell us more about what the president was talking about and your thoughts about that, peter gayton. >> what the president is talking about, he mentioned microsoft training veterans so they are qualified to be hired. it's one thing for us to say hire a veteran, hire a veteran, because it's the right thing to do. we owe that veteran much more than the slogan "hire a veteran," we owe them training like the president mentioned, the training they need to become employed. it's one thing to hire a veteran but we need to make sure the veterans are qualified to meet the needs of the employer. and i mentioned earlier that starts with their military service. if more veterans could take their education, experience and training and transfer

siemens uses the conference of error rate testing to estimate. between fiscal year 2009 and 2010, cms was able to reduce the improper payment rate by 1.9% down to 10.5%. it provides valuable information to systems developed to reduce improper payments in the future. we believe the best way to address the documentation problems is through provider education and outreach efforts, more review of records to ensure services billed meet payment rules, and enhanced systems and analytic tools. some of our research provider education includes the issuance of quarterly compliance reports and conducting routine forms to discuss medicare policies and documentation requirements. we recently implemented the national recovery audit program. it allows recovery auditors on a contingency basis to identify it over and underpayments in claims. the permanent fee-for-service audit program has attracted a total of $685 million during 12 months. the program also provides valuable information about areas for increased affirmation and where prepayment medical review is mo

siemens, for example, recently met their goal of hiring 300 veterans, so they're aiming to hire 150 moreoft is helping more than 10,000 veterans get i.t.-certified over the next two years. and today groups from the u.s. chamber of commerce to accenture to lockheed martin have all agreed to do their part to help veterans get back in the work force. the bottom line is this: we still have a long way to go and a lot of work to do to give folks the economic security and opportunity they deserve. and that begins with connecting americans looking for work -- including our veterans -- with employers looking to hire. over the last few years, another generation of young veterans has learned that the challenges don't end in kandahar or baghdad, they continue right here at home. today we're saying to our veterans, you fought for us, and now we're fighting for you. for the jobs and opportunities that you need to keep your family strong and to keep america competitive in the 21st century. and at a time when there's so much work to be done in this country, we need everyone's help to do it. so thank you

siemens, for example, recently met their goal of hiring 300 veterans, so they're aiming to hire 150 more by december. microsoft is helping more than 10,000 veterans get it certified over the next two years. and today, groups from the u.s. chamber of commerce to accenture to lockheed martin have all agreed to do their part to help veterans get back in the workforce. the bottom line is this. we still have a long way to go and a lot of work to do to give folks the economic security and opportunity they deserve. and that begins with connecting americans looking for work, including our veterans, with employers looking to hire. over the last few years, another generation of young veterans has learned that the challenges don't end in kandahar or baghdad. they continue right here at home. today, we're saying to our veterans, you fought for us, and now we're fighting for you -- for the jobs and opportunities that you need to keep your families strong and to keep america competitive in the 21st century. and at a time when there is so much work to be done in this country, we need everyone's help to

extent that industry began -- is looking for people doing this a lot on their own, using state money, siemens is even borrowing from the older apprenticeship program in germany. you're looking at a time of chaos when the time of the problem of companies looking for people but not finding they need with the right skills and people looking for jobs but not having the right skills, were the problem has become really acute in the middle of this really high unemployment situation hoon. host: they have apprenticeships from a dislocated workers come indian and native americans, job corps migrant and seasonal farm workers, people with disabilities, seniors, trade act programs, veterans, youth programs. these are the type of programs you say are not communicated. guest: my colleague at national journal wrote a very interesting wase about andrew 1levin michigan's labor commissioner, and he was so frustrated by the fact that there was so much money -- all of the money was in nokes and crannies. he hired a person in michigan to do nothing but a search for the money. he alternately develop a pretty effect

of student research and success in student science competitions like intel science talent search, siemenspetition and the international science and engineering fair. we can boast four nobel laureates among the many scientists, mathematicians, engineers and physicians who are alumni. the schools like stuyvesant and all the specialized high schools in your states do not operate in a vacuum. we need the farm teams that you heard about earlier today. i would like to take this opportunity to speak to you today about the role competitions like toshiba explorer vision play in developing the students with the skills necessary to participate in our programs. we at stuyvesant have found that engaging students in these competitions allows them to be creative, think broadly and critically of the world around them, work in teams, develop time management skills and take ownership of a project. no one now at stuyvesant remembers when explorer vision became part of the tenth grade research chemistry curriculum, but it was probably very close to its 1992 launch. the current chemistry teacher is samantha a