I think the issue is that here in canada after someone graduates from training the stores only pay 15 to 16 dollars as a new cutter. no one will work for that amount for very long. Right now I am looking for 2 cutters and am having no luck. It seems that the only people that apply are the cutters that are not happy where they are and probably wont be happy anywhere. They play the revolving door because they know that it is hard to find cutters. I wont hire them

years ago we use to just hang a sign on the front door, Meat cutter Wanted, have one in a day or so. Now it's a sad story. we run newspaper ads, dept of labor, and get butcher jobs, it may be weeks before anyone answers. Last year we went 4 months before we could replace a cutter, he stayed 2 months and never showed back up. we got lucky on replacing him it took us 5 weeks. I think our companys are doing wrong in not having some kind of training program for young people that wants in the trade. of course what most want to pay some one is enough to make them go to other things, stores don't think it but we are still a skill

I remember doing the sign on the door, it would work but we stop that about 5 years ago. We have been lucky about turn over, haven't needed any one in about three years, we get one come by ever so often asking but they don't know what they doing, mostly people thats cuts deer, elk, such and think they a real meat cutter. we have to run a ad in news paper about 25 miles from us to get any type help at all.