LIKELY BE A FLAT CHARGE PER
CUSTOMER.
HOW ABOUT THIS SKILLED WORKERS
GAP.
JUST NOT ENOUGH QUALIFIED PEOPLE
TO FILL ALL THE AVAILABLE JOBS.
HERE'S WHAT FORMER DIRTY JOBS
HOST MIKE ROWE TOLD US ABOUT
THAT.
>> IT'S NOT JUST A SKILL GAP.
IT IS A REAL GAP.
IT IS A SYMPTOM OF OUR GIVE ALL
THE OPPORTUNITIES IT SEEMS TO BE
YOUR PROBLEM IS NOT THE QUALITY
OF THE LABOR FORCE ARE THE
SKILLS THAT THEY'VE GOT, BUT THE
WILL OF THE LABOR FORCE TO TAKE
THE JOBS ON OFFER.
THEY DON'T WANT THESE KIND OF
JOBS.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME,
STUART.
NFIB HAS BEEN REPRESENTING SMALL
BUSINESSES EXCLUSIVELY FOR 75
YEARS AND WE'VE BEEN SERVING
MEMBERS MONTHLY FOR 45 YEARS HAD
WE BEEN ASKING OUR MEMBERS WHAT
IS IT THAT IS NOT QUALIFIED
ABOUT THE WORKERS THAT ARE
APPEARING AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
PROBLEM OF NO APPLICANTS FOR
SOME OF THESE JOBS.
IN MANY CASES APPLICANTS ARE
QUALIFIED BECAUSE OF ATTITUDE
PORTABILITY TO SHOW UP ON TIME
OR APPEAR IN SPIRIT LET'S NOT
FORGET IN SOME CASES THE
INABILITY TO PASS THE DRUG TEST.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT YOU
CAN DO TO PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A
JOB THEY DON'T REALLY REQUIRE
GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.
STUART: THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT
PROBLEM AND YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE
WORKFORCE THAT COMES LOOKING FOR
A JOB.
ATTITUDE MAY BE A PROBLEM.
SHOWING UP ON TIME IS THE
PROBLEM.
WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE?
DRUG TESTING IS A PROBLEM.
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS A
CONSIDERABLE CRITICISM OF THE
WORKFORCE WHO ARE OUT THERE
WAITING TO TAKE A JOB.
>> ALSO REMEMBER THAT SOME OF
THIS IS NO WORKERS, NO QUALIFIED
APPLICANTS AND OR NOBODY.
MORE JOBS THAN THERE ARE BODIES.
REMEMBER THE LABOR FORCE
PARTICIPATION RATE DROPPED
DURING THE EIGHT YEARS BEFORE
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND WHAT IS
GOING TO NEED TO HAPPEN HERE IS
PEOPLE HAVE TO REENTER THE
WORKFORCE.
PEOPLE HAVE TO COME OUT OF
RETIREMENT, POSSIBLY OUT OF
SCHOOL TO JUST CREATE THE BODIES
FOR THE NUMBER OF JOBS FOR WHICH
THERE ARE NO APPLICANTS.
AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER SMALL
BUSINESS CREATES TWO OUT OF
EVERY THREE NEW JOBS COME AND
THE PEOPLE WHO COME INTO THE
WORKFORCE ARE GOING TO BE
WORKING FOR SMALL BUSINESS.
LUCKILY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
WERE GIVEN A GREAT GIFT LAST
YEAR WITH 20% SMALL BUSINESS TAX
DEDUCTION AND IT'S GIVEN THEM
MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS.
THEY ARE TELLING US THEY WILL
USE THAT TO RAISE WAGES AND DO
TRAINING SO THEY CAN BLOW THOSE
PEOPLE BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE.
STUART: WHAT ARE EMPLOYERS
ALLOWED TO SAY TO POTENTIAL
WORKERS.
ARE THEY ALLOWED TO SAY, YOU
KNOW COME YOU'VE GOT A UP YOUR
APPEARANCE.
WE DON'T LIKE THE WAY YOU LOOK.
IF YOU CHANGE, WE'LL HIRE YOU.
ARE YOU ALLOWED TO SAY THAT?
>> AT DIFFERENT IN EVERY STATE
AND EVERY COMMUNITY.
THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS HERE IS
THAT OUR OPTIMISM ARE SHOWING
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE PAYING
MORE AND THEN THEY ARE GOING TO
USE THAT MONEY, SAVINGS FROM THE
TAX BILL TO TRAIN WORKERS.
THAT IS THE BIG STORY HERE.
THEIR BIGGEST BUSINESS PROBLEM,
QUALIFIED WORKERS ARE NO
APPLICANTS.
BUT THEY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
IN THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
STUART: GOOD FOR YOU.
VERY INTERESTING SITUATION WE'VE
GOT HERE.