Quotes About Employment

We've lost 3,000 jobs in Beaufort County. We've lost half of our manufacturing workforce.

We need to invest in a way that makes sure we've got the workforce we need in the future.

President Obama has tried to spin the paltry new job creation numbers as 'a step in the right direction.' But, clearly, the small growth in jobs isn't even keeping up with population growth, much less returning the workforce to a healthy level.

A well-trained workforce is critical to small-business success. What I hear from business is that it's hard to find help that meets their needs.

If we're not creating an educated and skilled workforce, there is just no conceivable way that were going to be economically competitive.

If you focus on the single question of who knows best what students need in the workforce, it's the people already in the workforce. Why not give industry a voice?

No economy can succeed without a high-quality workforce, particularly in an age of globalization and technical change.

If you want a more productive economy, you need to invest in the skills of our workforce.

Japan can't get anything on the market very cheaply because it has a large, relatively highly paid workforce which you can't fire.

Apprenticeships are the real nitty-gritty way of creating an efficient, skillful and vibrant workforce.

We should prepare our future workforce differently. It isn't just advanced STEM degrees. There are many jobs you can do without advanced degrees.

Arizona has a great workforce in Tucson with companies like Raytheon and Bombardier.

Tampa Electric has used apprenticeships since 1978 to make sure its workforce is the best in the business - trained, prepared, and productive. Apprenticeships improve its bottom line and give the company a competitive advantage.

We see these wonderful apps that really have changed our world in many good ways such as Uber or Airbnb, but at the same time, they're drastically changing the workforce. And they're changing them so much that the industries themselves are not able to keep up.

Whether you're a high school student, attend traditional college, or take night classes while working full-time, it is imperative that you are given the tools necessary to become competitive in the workforce.

Why can't there be an acknowledgment that, in some instances, women remove themselves from the workforce for a long time, and when they come back, of course they're not going to get exactly equal pay?

It's extremely hard for the economy to grow when the workforce is shrinking.

Helping people get the skills they need to set them up for a rewarding career helps keep people in Connecticut, and it ensures that we have a workforce that's ready to fill the thousands of manufacturing jobs of the future.

We have a massive shortage of engineers and one of the big glaring holes is that we have so few women doing engineering - it's less than 10 per cent of the workforce.

Our schools play an important role in preparing our students to enter the workforce.

Our economy works at its best when we have a diverse workforce that is prepared and supported in the career they choose.

When I announced my Strong Start, Strong Finish education initiative, I made clear my desire to give Alabamians the best opportunities possible to obtain the skills necessary to be competitive in the workforce.

Most kids don't need to go to a four-year school. They need to go and learn how to use their hands, and we desperately need somebody in the Labor Department that will stress workforce development on kids that don't want to go to college, but learn a skill.

We are committed to helping more people get into the workforce, as it is critical not only for individuals but also for our economy as a whole.