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What is the one thing that every politician call's for?
Jobs - again and again.
What is it you never hear? A detailed plan to create real jobs!
The thing I would like to ask one of these blah-blah guy's is: Just how are you going to create jobs? What proposal's have you made?
How are you going to to train people and train them doing what? Who is going to train them? After you train them - than what?
I am sure the people on this forum will come up with many more questions to ask.
How many more Insurance people do we need? How many more Real Estate Agents? How many more young College graduates working as Bartenders or in Landscaping etc..
Where is the initiative of the private industry for training programs? Where is the government showing leadership for the development of meaningful training programs?
Now all agree the biggest problem is in the big cities and just screaming for jobs is not going to help.
First there must be a will and than the opportunity to work and learn.
They all scream about the crime in the big cities but nobody has come up with a way to make the young people after High school commit to a period of training for a real job. And even if there was a meaningful training program available - than where are these newly trained people gong to work?
I believe it is time for our private sector to realize that without a formal training program they will be out of business very soon.
For the Government it is time to say we will support and direct a nationwide movement to reconstruct our school system and our training programs. What was good 100 years ago when the US was still somewhat rural - is no longer working. For the Industry to have an attitude of: Why should I spend my money on training when I can just hire someone away from another company or we will hire and train a few people just so they can do just one job, no more-is just not good enough.
Our Industry must realize the changes that have occurred over the last fifty years. Having used the European Continent as the training ground to supply the American Industry is no longer working. The last wave of skilled workers to come here is now retiring and today's immigrants come in three categories:
1. The highly educated group of doctors, scientists and computer specialist, and than
2. the ones who's background in dealing an wheeling in their home country qualifies them to open a small business and
3. the big majority of uneducated, untrained workers.
What is missing is what's needed to sustain a highly industrialize country like the US: trained craftsmen. By "trained" I mean trained and tested in a formal nationwide program for the industry and not in so called "on the job" deals.
"On the job" training, combined with set requirements and verification could be a good way for small shops to go.
Next time you hear a politician talk about jobs, jobs, jobs just ask: WHAT TYPE, WHERE, WHEN, WHO AND HOW?
INTELLIGENT COMMENTS, OPINIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME.
Jobs - again and again.
What is it you never hear? A detailed plan to create real jobs!
The thing I would like to ask one of these blah-blah guy's is: Just how are you going to create jobs? What proposal's have you made?
How are you going to to train people and train them doing what? Who is going to train them? After you train them - than what?
I am sure the people on this forum will come up with many more questions to ask.
How many more Insurance people do we need? How many more Real Estate Agents? How many more young College graduates working as Bartenders or in Landscaping etc..
Where is the initiative of the private industry for training programs? Where is the government showing leadership for the development of meaningful training programs?
Now all agree the biggest problem is in the big cities and just screaming for jobs is not going to help.
First there must be a will and than the opportunity to work and learn.
They all scream about the crime in the big cities but nobody has come up with a way to make the young people after High school commit to a period of training for a real job. And even if there was a meaningful training program available - than where are these newly trained people gong to work?
I believe it is time for our private sector to realize that without a formal training program they will be out of business very soon.
For the Government it is time to say we will support and direct a nationwide movement to reconstruct our school system and our training programs. What was good 100 years ago when the US was still somewhat rural - is no longer working. For the Industry to have an attitude of: Why should I spend my money on training when I can just hire someone away from another company or we will hire and train a few people just so they can do just one job, no more-is just not good enough.
Our Industry must realize the changes that have occurred over the last fifty years. Having used the European Continent as the training ground to supply the American Industry is no longer working. The last wave of skilled workers to come here is now retiring and today's immigrants come in three categories:
1. The highly educated group of doctors, scientists and computer specialist, and than
2. the ones who's background in dealing an wheeling in their home country qualifies them to open a small business and
3. the big majority of uneducated, untrained workers.
What is missing is what's needed to sustain a highly industrialize country like the US: trained craftsmen. By "trained" I mean trained and tested in a formal nationwide program for the industry and not in so called "on the job" deals.
"On the job" training, combined with set requirements and verification could be a good way for small shops to go.
Next time you hear a politician talk about jobs, jobs, jobs just ask: WHAT TYPE, WHERE, WHEN, WHO AND HOW?
INTELLIGENT COMMENTS, OPINIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME.
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