Vocational Experts 7 Proposals to Solve the Unemployment Problem -

Home
>
Careers, Jobs & Employment
>
Vocational Experts 7 Proposals to Solve the Unemployment Problem

Vocational Experts 7 Proposals to Solve the Unemployment Problem

The subject is constantly in the news and may decide the next national elections - the infamous jobless recovery. More than 8 million Americans are out of work with another 4 million underemployed or no longer looking for work. Good manufacturing, technical and services jobs are being shipped to India, Asia, and other developing countries. The mood of the middle and working class becomes more pessimistic, the outlook for their immediate future more grim.

Politicians debate solutions: abrogating current trade treaties, providing protection for various industries, investment in retraining programs, wishful thinking that lower taxes will turn everything around, the promise of a labor shortage within 15 years.

Meanwhile, the population grows, demanding the creation of 150,000 new jobs per month just to stay even. Where are the more than 2 million 2004 jobs promised by the Council of Economic Advisers?

They will come when the government truly invests in the social and financial welfare of the working public. Historically, the U.S. has looked at employment only in times of crisis - recession or alarming unemployment figures. Rather than "quick fixes," we need a national long- range policy on employment which addresses the issue, in good times and bad, with sustained interest, analysis, and support.

Here are seven proposals:

1. Create a National Office of Employment to develop long term strategies and oversight of the U.S. labor market in order to track trends, analyze data, research emerging problems, and prepare early interventions.

2. Identify growing and potential industries and the skills they will need in future staff.

3. Design a plan which allows for the rapid retargeting of training courses as Community Colleges and vocational schools are traditionally 5 to 15 years behind current needs.

4. Provide substantial tax incentives for businesses to hire in the U.S. rather than shipping their jobs to low income countries.

5. Devise "red-tape-less" programs to reward employers with significant tax credits for hiring the long-term employed and new trainees.

6. Overhaul the processes of State Unemployment Offices by implementing coordinated support programs in which workers participate as part of receiving unemployment benefits and employers participate as a means of meeting their future needs for staff.

7. Provide incentives for employers to hire more part-time workers. Simultaneously, America must reframe its social policy to promote a new work ethic of reduced work hours, along with increased leisure and volunteer activities, to allow more workers to be employed, albeit for fewer hours. Due to the negative emotional effects of living without work, our society needs to stress high employment rather than high productivity which often translates into fewer workers, working harder and longer.

Dr. Bola operated a rehabilitation company, developing innovative job search techniques for disabled workers, for 20 years. A licensed clinical psychologist, she directed vocational programs for the mentally ill, served as a Vocational Expert in administrative and civil court, and pioneered vocational testimony in Workers' Compensation. Author of The Wolf at the Door: An Unemployment Survival Manual, she can be found at: http://www.virginiabola.com

In The News:

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.examiner.com/x-654-Baby-Boomer-Examiner~y2008m10d1-Byebye-to-career-employment-for-Baby-Boomer-mencid=0ei=lDjwSJ7tDILg6AOzj5DLAwusg=AFQjCNEcKxfHZGs-UUFU7C5xM8Z-1bAhBgimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=Y0v3p9n65aUJimgurl=www.examiner.com/images/blog/author/img81paul_briand_photo.jpg width=80 height=67 alt= border=1brfont size=-2Examiner.com/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.examiner.com/x-654-Baby-Boomer-Examiner~y2008m10d1-Byebye-to-career-employment-for-Baby-Boomer-mencid=0ei=lDjwSJ7tDILg6AOzj5DLAwusg=AFQjCNEcKxfHZGs-UUFU7C5xM8Z-1bAhBgBye-bye to bcareer employment/b for Baby Boomer men/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fExaminer.comnbsp;-/font nobrOct 1, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1quot;bCareer employment/b – meaning bemployment/b with a single employer from middle age to retirement – is no longer the norm. So if workers are to remain in the b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.moorparkacorn.com/news/2008/1010/community/025.htmlcid=1256001170ei=lDjwSJ7tDILg6AOzj5DLAwusg=AFQjCNF8bV0WuqRFaoDguFOadBJTrBhSQAFinding new work requires flexibility and creativity/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMoorpark Acorn,nbsp; USAnbsp;-/font nobrOct 9, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1With the help of the Simi Valley Job Center, the setback turned into a new bcareer/b opportunity. Benedetto said he was laid off after 12 years of bemployment/b b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://media-newswire.com/release_1075936.htmlcid=1256174189ei=lDjwSJ7tDILg6AOzj5DLAwusg=AFQjCNFZQxLMDgSXtvZ5HYAQxyIBahMwiAGW SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MBA STUDENTS TAKE ON NEW YORK CITY/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMedia Newswire (press release),nbsp;NYnbsp;-/font nobr14 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1He added, quot;The impressions students made at these organizations have actually led to bemployment/b opportunities.quot; The bcareer/b trek also is an opportunity to b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D9139626%26nav%3DCcXHcid=1255311924ei=lDjwSJ7tDILg6AOzj5DLAwusg=AFQjCNHq46Pp5J0XEFG9adPBRLHo8ZMrEQSouth Plains Job Fair Offers bEmployment/b Opportunities/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fKCBD-TV,nbsp;TXnbsp;-/font nobrOct 8, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1The South Plains Job Fair offers workers who are unemployed or desire a bcareer/b change an opportunity to seek bemployment/b and network with over 65 local, b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20081007071821/Securing%2520employment%2520in%2520an%2520insecure%2520marketcid=1254902299ei=lDjwSJ7tDILg6AOzj5DLAwusg=AFQjCNFSiR8RKouXJQadF7oaAKC-SzaGfQimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=nU3AVhZW_tkJimgurl=www.zawya.com/pr/images/ArabImages_2008_10_07.jpg width=80 height=53 alt= border=1brfont size=-2Zawya (press release)/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20081007071821/Securing%2520employment%2520in%2520an%2520insecure%2520marketcid=1254902299ei=lDjwSJ7tDILg6AOzj5DLAwusg=AFQjCNFSiR8RKouXJQadF7oaAKC-SzaGfQSecuring bemployment/b in an insecure market/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fZawya (press release),nbsp;United Arab Emiratesnbsp;-/font nobrOct 7, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1b.../b potential to find fitting bemployment/b with benefits and job security. The jobs.abudhabi.ae bCareers/b Advice Lounge facilitates this for NAJAH visitors. b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php%3Fid%3D43998cid=0ei=lDjwSJ7tDILg6AOzj5DLAwusg=AFQjCNE5SUP0yfAMV5aHsnT8u7iBwF5_vwUK. First Kent Marine Festival to be held in Dover/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fBYM News (press release),nbsp;Spainnbsp;-/font nobr21 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1b.../b skills and training available for a successful bcareer/b. Employers and training providers are committed to providing bemployment/b solutions for the Marine, b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/news/2008/oct/08/career-fair-life-changing-day-some/cid=1255569157ei=lDjwSJ7tDILg6AOzj5DLAwusg=AFQjCNHdrGYaJs7EXIIaIfMabjddltgv4wbCareer/b fair #39;life-changing day#39; for some/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fFort Morgan Times,nbsp;COnbsp;-/font nobrOct 8, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Don Mares, director of the Colorado Department of Labor and bEmployment/b, conveyed greetings from Gov. Bill Ritter, who was unable to attend Tuesday. b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php%3Fa%3Dpress%26id%3D38998cid=0ei=lDjwSJ7tDILg6AOzj5DLAwusg=AFQjCNFb6A55zfQSDnU57C_iq0RqbOZqgAOnline Certificate in Personal Fitness Training/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fThe Open Press (press release)nbsp;-/font nobr1 hour ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1According to the US Department of Labor’s Bureau publication Occupational Outlook Handbook, overall bemployment/b for personal trainers is expected to increase b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.marshallparthenon.com/home/news/2008/10/08/News/Job-Application.Help.Available-3475732.shtmlcid=0ei=lDjwSJ7tDILg6AOzj5DLAwusg=AFQjCNGh8oAkRWBeG_g2Atwk1eS3qSrT9AJob application help available/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMU The Parthenon (subscription),nbsp;WVnbsp;-/font nobrOct 7, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1After going through the bemployment/b process, students will go through final interviews, and bCareer/b Services can help in that area as well. b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.citywebshopper.net/articles/includes/redirect.php?url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/secrets-finding-work-past-age/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B0CAEC386-B323-46CA-9D60-FDE43BF20F34%257D%26dist%3Dhpprcid=1255117178ei=lDjwSJ7tDILg6AOzj5DLAwusg=AFQjCNE078lPdmunXvH3YztSgx1_e070XwSecrets of Finding Work Past Age 50 Is the Topic of Next Experts b.../b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMarketWatchnbsp;-/font nobrOct 7, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1b.../b such as bcareer/b transition, changing bcareers/b and industries, choosing a bcareer/b direction, job search, as well as offering guidance for self-bemployment/b, b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table

careers employment - Google News

Vocational Experts 7 Proposals to Solve the Unemployment Problem

Careers, Jobs & Employment