Quotes About Workforce

It's estimated that by 2030 there will be virtually no unskilled jobs in the British economy.

The H-1B visa is called the 'genius visa' for a reason.

Hiring foreigners is more expensive and more difficult than hiring locals, because of the visa fees and long lead times for visa processing. And companies face a backlash by anti-immigrant groups for hiring foreigners. So they do it only because they have to.

'Til such time that the U.S. produces a continuous supply of home-grown talent, I want U.S. visa programs that support people from abroad come into the country.

management doesn't change culture. Management invites the workforce itself to change the culture.

Every expansion of the personal division of labour brings advantages to all who take part in it.

Whenever you save five shillings you put a man out of work for a day.

The lack of education and lack of skills don't hurt the unemployed, they hurt America and American business, making us less competitive in the global market.

What America needs is jobs. Lots of jobs.

How the hell can I ask people who work for me to travel cheaply if I travel in luxury? It's a question of good leadership.

In the B-52s, we employ a lot of people. It's a machine that keeps it all going, which is wonderful.

Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.

One does not fire or sack higher-income personnel; in the interest of greater efficiency, they are only shed.

In the modern economy, a slightly bizarre fact, production is now more necessary for the employment it provides than for the goods and services it supplies.

We think people can spend 35–40 years working and saving, then stop working and go on for another 20–30–40 years at the same comfort level – but with a growing percentage of retirees and a shrinking number of workers paying into the system. I'm sorry, but that's magical thinking.

Education and the workforce: I think these two things go together in terms of human potential.

Most green-collar jobs are middle-skill jobs. That means they require more education that a high-school diploma, but less than a four-year degree.

This decade holds many changes for the United States, but the greatest needs regarding America's productivity in the 1990s, are better education and employee training.

We wouldn't need any job training centers if our education was working in the first place.

Because education is the backbone of a competitive workforce and successful economy, making it a priority is not uncommon.

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, which highlights customer satisfaction, workforce empowerment, and increased productivity, has come to symbolize America's commitment to excellence.

It's more important to hire people with the right qualities than with specific experience.

It appears, accordingly, from the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, that the work done by freemen comes cheaper in the end than that performed by slaves.

You think this man is the enemy? Huh? This is a worker! Any union keeps this man out ain't a union, it's a goddam club! They got you fightin' white against colored, native against foreign, hollow against hollow, when you know there ain't but two sides in this world — them that work and them that don't. You work, they don't. That's all you need to know about the enemy.