Job Creation and Job Retraining

One of the areas of we need to focus on right now in this unstable economy, is to help get people employed and back to work. This needs to be a priority in this new economy. If people have jobs, they are more likely to focus on the work rather on being in despair and despondent. It also would help alleviate some of the problems the inner cities face, which are related to violence and drugs which often follow periods of despair and despondency. The "personal energy" of our society can become so negatively affected when unemployment continues to climb. This downward trend needs to be stopped and reversed. This needs to be a high priority in where our focus is in helping humanity.

Part of this new era in the job creation process should be to set aside funds not only for unemployment, which we have now, but funds for retraining. Anyone who is placed on unemployment after a certain period of time (such as a month, let’s say) should be placed in some job of retraining program. In this new economy we need to be aware that all jobs will change over time; ALL jobs. And as such, people need to be updated and re-educated and re-trained to keep up with the ever changing world and economy that we find ourselves in.

After World War II, England looked at how they were able to come together and have their citizens focus resources and human capital to successfully fight a War. The saw how this model of pulling together and working for the common good produced their desired outcome of ending the War. Their government made a decision that if they replicated that same model and focus to resolve some of their internal social issues, such as healthcare, they could have the positive outcome they desired. It was then they came together and developed a national healthcare system, for example, so that everyone in the UK had access to healthcare.

The USA can use a similar model by providing a focus to use our time, energy, and resources to resolve the multiple crises’ we face. But stabilizing companies and making sure people stay employed, or get retrained for a new job, needs to be a top priority. We need to keep our people working or get them back to work. This will help us have a more stable foundation from which other changes and improvements in our world can be initiated