What is the difference?

Do you need or want a job?

OR

Do you need or want work?

The Washington DC beltway politicians are again using unemployment numbers, rates and stories to gain political leverage with voters. It is interesting to me that the unemployment rate can decrease from 9.0 to 8.6% by creating only 140,000 new jobs. Yes, I know they are reporting that 310,000 people stopped looking for jobs and thus are no longer counted in the unemployment rate.

The drop in the unemployment rate is good but it doesn’t at all signify the economy is getting better. I think we need to focus on work rather than jobs!!

There is ONLY 64% participation in the labor force.

50% of all corporate profits are from overseas business – how will this work out in 2012?

There are jobs out there!
But very little work!

Let’s get ready to generate some work in 2012!