Skill and location
impactnow
1/9/2012 12:23:03 PM
Noreen it's a great point, we need to educate our young people on job demand and location. I see it often where the expectations of employment are not realistic with the demand for the skill. So many jobs require specific skills that are not being well communicated. Also people need to be flexible enough to understand that job demand can be regional and you need to choose your career based on where you want to live.
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Phoenix
1/9/2012 12:02:44 PM
I think at the moment the US government could actually try to encourage people with skills to relocate or migrate to where there is a need for their particular skills whether it is overseas or within the US. Upgrading their skills to try to be competitive for jobs that would otherwise go to foreign workers is another way to handle the situation like the Singaporeans are encouraged to do.
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tokyogai
1/9/2012 9:53:03 AM
I agree with the Singapore example. The US could learn a little from this and revise immigration laws to be more sensible.
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yalanand
1/9/2012 5:20:55 AM
I know in countries like Singapore they don't hesitate to import necessary skills through foreign workers.
@Phoenix, I am not sure if this will be of any help. I think US is already allowing highly skilled migrant workers to work in their country. This method will help the companies to get skilled workers but it wont help us solve unemployment problem.
Re : Jobs in Wrong Places, Workers With Wrong Skills
yalanand
1/9/2012 5:16:07 AM
Critical skills gaps exist between what employees possess and what businesses need.
I think the best way to solve this problem is enhanced partnership between companies and educational institutes. More and more companies should rollout internship programme which helps students to get exposed to the industry requirements. Companies should also have major role in setting the syllabus so that students can learn latest skills.
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Broadway
1/7/2012 5:45:39 PM
mInvestor, the problem is that HR personnel typically have only an HR background and HR training, including their college major. That means no new ideas or business sense makes it's way into the field.
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Phoenix
1/7/2012 4:07:16 PM
I know in countries like Singapore they don't hesitate to import necessary skills through foreign workers. So there is a lot of competition for the available jobs. Singaporeans therefore have to upgrade their skills to meet the market demands or risk loosing jobs to foreign workers. And there are no handouts like the American unemployment allowance so they simply cannot afford to stay unemployed. This encourages people to some how find work.
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mInvestor
1/7/2012 12:17:01 PM
@Broadway, that's so true.
Some people peach to have minimum HR in a company to avoid this problem and also cut the cost. But it's probably not practical for a big company. I am thinking maybe all HR personel shall have a company business related background.
Still not that convinced this will help that much.
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cat tail
1/7/2012 10:50:14 AM
I know that is the case in the US. Do you feel it's the case everywhere though?
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Broadway
1/6/2012 11:04:37 PM
Sorry, I think this says less about the funadamentals of human nature than about the the failures of HR. The inherent weaknesses of that part of the enterprise. HR is a sham. The truth is that good jobs go to people who know people. HR is left to make believe that they have a system to match the rest of the jobs with the rest of the people.
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