Hiring & Firing

An article in Friday's Chicago Tribune said the U.S. lost 62,000 jobs in June. The article also stated "the U.S. economy needs to grow by 100,000 new jobs monthly just to accommodate a growing workforce". I found that one to be a rather interesting statistic. After reading and listening to all the crap about immigration, I'm a little bit confused. If we didn't have a workforce growing at the rate of 100,000 per month, then we wouldn't need all those new jobs. Creating over a million new jobs per year seems to be an expectation that's a bit unrealistic. Seems like it should go the other direction. When you don't have enough people to fill the jobs, then go find some. I realize that's rather simplistic but then when I get to be king, I'm planning on keeping it pretty simple.

So if you're a barista at Starbucks, you might want to start looking for a new gig. How's about this from the Electric Consumer:

Journeyman lineman, Wyoming

Candidate must be able to routinely climb power line structures, including lattice steel towers and wood or steel poles, to heights of 225 feet and, occasionally, to more than 300 feet while the lines are energized. Personnel in this classification must have completed a lineman apprenticeship program or obtained a journeyman line rating. Ability to work as part of a team with good interpersonal skills is required.

I can see where you might have a little trouble finding people willing to climb 300 feet in the air and work on wires that have 40,000 volts running through them. That wouldn't be my first choice. But if that's what you want to do, then checkout www.touchstoneenergy.coop . Let me know how that works out for you.