The Wall Street Journal has a great interview with Bob Funk,
CEO of Express Employment Services, who heads up the fifth largest employment
service in the company. The focus of the
interview is on the job market and how it might be impacted by Obamacare (or
Affordable Care Act). It is an
interesting perspective from someone who clearly stands to benefit from the
changes, but views it as bad policy.
Whatever your politics I urge you to give it a read. You can read the
article by following the link below:
His perspective on the future of employment and the impact
of different policies appears informed by his company’s upcoming report “The
Great Shift”, which I for one will be looking forward to reading.
In the interview he makes the case that jobs
are available, if one has “integrity, a strong work ethic, and, third, you have
to be able to pass a drug test”.
This
kind of statement, to me at least, drives home some of the issues in our
bifurcating economy.
For many who are
looking for jobs of a certain type, they would scoff to realize that these
three items are all they need to get employed.
But if you are looking for
any job, he is probably right; someone
will eventually hire you if you can meet these three criteria.
Whether they will they pay you what you want,
offer benefits that you need, and provide you a job that you can enjoy is
another question entirely.
It is fair to say that the question “How do we create more
jobs” can have very different answers when you add things like “that are good
paying and enjoyable” or “that will hire anyone who can work”.
It will be interesting to see what question,s
and therefore what answers, his report poses.
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