Welcome back, bizfolk, to the right question: How can Minnesota build its skilled workforce?
December 19, 2006
StarTribune
Lori Sturdevant
It was predictable -- economically, demographically, politically. The skilled worker shortage that was all Minnesota employers talked about in the late 1990s was bound to be back.
All it took for the "too-few-workers" lament to return were a solid recovery from recession, the start of boomer retirements, and a squeeze on state higher education spending.
Sure enough, "workforce" is back on top as the No. 1 "drag on economic growth" in Minnesota. That's according to the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce's latest findings from a year of interviewing 797 business owners around the state. Worker issues beat out lousy transportation and -- amazingly -- high taxes, which have fallen to Gripe No. 3.
The same worry is afflicting the 110 biggies who make up the Minnesota Business Partnership, said its executive director, Charlie Weaver. Availability and quality of trained workers are "the No. 1 issue for our members. How do we ensure that we'll have a workforce that can do the job?"
Posted by john5091 at December 19, 2006 01:00 PMFor a politician, outsourcing will just be a political subject that can be argued on debates within the walls of Congress and newspapers.
The issue will serve as a “fortified objection” to take away jobs from your own countrymen, making your business “unpatriotic”. Politician’s sympathy with regards to the outsourcing issue may win him a few votes in the upcoming election, nothing more than that.
However, it is the businessman who will be using the outsourcing process; not the layman, and definitely, not the politician. Thus, outsourcing for businessman is a “modern day boon”. Many businessmen are aware that outsourcing provides them the freedom of dumping all of their non-core yet important aspects of their business and delegating the work to an individual or group of individuals who can give justice to the process.
Posted by: mind map at April 7, 2007 10:41 PMOutsourcing is the best approach toward the the problem solving. However providing better education or training is another way to put the workfoce back to high-tech factories again. American people need to produce high quality products in order to compete with other developing nations.
Posted by: air purifier at April 11, 2007 03:33 AM