By Carrie K. Hutchens
Some have a firm belief that all who want to work can actually find a job. Perhaps "find" is the keyword in making the statement true. Finding job listings is the easy part. Securing the jobs isn't necessarily so, no matter how badly someone may want to work.
There may be a rash of job openings, but that doesn't mean the job seeker is qualified, fits the "ideal" profile, can relocate or numerous other factors that may come into play. Wanting to work, can often mean little in the scheme of a job search, especially in recent years. (Full Article)
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Truth or Hoax: Jobs Plentiful for "All" Who Want to Work
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I have a friend who owns a construction company, and he's often told me how hard it is to stay competitive in his bids when so many similar companies hire illegals and pay them peanuts under the table.
In allowing illegal aliens to come in to the US and work for meager wages, we've not only created a servant-class, but we've kicked the American worker in the teeth in the process.
I often see patients who work for these low-wage companies and while many are hard-working and dependable, there are many, many who are there to take what they can get and give as little as possible. Every paper cut becomes a Workmen's Comp issue and back injuries the bread and butter of occupational health clinics. I guess I see the side of the employers more clearly in such cases, not that legitimate illness and injuries do not occur.
I've been an employer, so I've seen that side, too. However, I also saw where a top worker (at one of those companies) had gotten hurt on the job through no fault of her own. She was hurt bad enough that she would never be able to do the line jobs again. So, rather than give her a settlement, they put her in a position she was not qualified for. (She sure put her "all" into trying though. She was a good person and a good worker.)
The short of the story is... they either had to give a settlement or give her a job. Because she couldn't do that job, they were able to get rid of her without a settlement. It was a wrongful ploy and I resent big business being able to do that to people.
Now, it is true that she might have been able to go to court and win, but attorneys to handle such cases are not always readily available, especially in the non-city areas.
To qualify though... not all companies are evil and horrid to their employees. The ones that aren't, usually have people hanging onto their jobs as though there is no tomorrow.
I've been pondering the world's ills today, mostly regarding the loss of jobs and something came to me. Bob, Theo and I have something in common. We are all three right about the job woes. It is a complex issue.
It is a shame that people took advantage when things were going good, and even now that they aren't. Seems like "some" people, just have to ruin things for others and that is on both ends of it all -- companies all the way down to the employees all the way down to the consumers.
It's too bad that the right people with the right money don't decide it is time to get back into the competition and show the world what "Made in the USA" stood for for so many years -- "quality" and "pride"!
Amen, Carrie, and Amen!
Actually, there are still quite a few businesses (usually, small, family owned) that operate on the model of excellence, quality, pride and service. We don't hear so much about them because they are busy taking care of business. We hear constantly of the employer abuse cases, employee scams, insurance fraud, etc.
I told my children growing up that if they showed up reliably and early for work and did just a little more for their employer than was expected, they couldn't help but succeed. I still believe that.
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