Job Losses

In Australia it is still far too easy to take your eye off the ball. If you tune into the global trends then job losses are everywhere. America has big job losses, France is creating new programmes and vetting processes to keep the unemployed employable and skilled. England has big job losses. All my rellies have written letters over Christmas to tell me how severe it is getting there. People just have to take what they can get. It was like that in the 60s. Financial markets, climate and world trends are major influences on employment. Somewhere in all of this we have to reshape and rebuild and we are not going to be able to unless we keep our eye on the ball and work together to create opportunities and new directions. Maybe consumerism is not the be all and end all in life. Maybe massive profits and exorbitant wages for some have broken us. The market was blown out and then up. This has been years in the making. There is no overnight fix. I believe we have the skills and capacity to deal with this and there is evidence in that we have managed the humongous burden of the bushfires and we have operated as a team to support and troubleshoot. Some people get the blame game out. It diverts and destroys at a time when we actually need to concentrate and pool our expertise and experience. There is also evidence in that some sectors are now investing in proper training and job specifications so that we remain skilled and competitive.Maybe we need more of us to go part time to create jobs. Maybe school students need to focus on their long term educational investment and free up those jobs for people who have children and mortgages. Maybe there are a lot of things we can do and maybe we do not need as much money as we think. We need jobs. We need a concerted effort and any attempt to turn this is to a blustery argument will not serve any useful purpose for those who wake up without a job tomorrow.