They say unemployment is on the rise. I say otherwise. It is that there are no jobs. There are plenty of well paying jobs. The problem is finding the people for these jobs.
If the unemployment figure is talking about mediocre, inflexible, 9 to 5’ers who need to be baby sat, then I’d say let them be unemployed. Cos there is no value that they add, so who wants to hire them anyway.
I am talking about the talented, focused, mature, sharp, responsible, flexible people who are interested in the results and not necessarily the effort, show me one of those who are unemployed, I will give them a job NOW!
For the past two weeks I am searching for people. People to join me in my business. I know that freelancing is viewed with skepticism in Sri Lanka, hence I was willing to offer a salaried position. While the company is new, just a few months old, I have an investor who is prepared to bank roll the employees. The pay is above market rates, because I realize that start-ups need to offer more to attract talent. We even offered a profit share.
The response we got was mediocre. Most of the people who responded were interested in benefits that far out weighs their value. And the their work, was pretty shoddy at its best. They had never heard the term god is in the details. They missed out quite a lot. They wait to be told what to do, have they heard of a thing called initiative?
Startups are hip in the US. People flock around startups because those are places where you are given the chance to leave your mark. But it seems that our people don’t want anything like that. They’re pretty happy to play second fiddle.
Coming back to my topic, if you are talented, skilled, has the right attitude, there is no dearth of opportunities. Those who seem to be unemployed are those who cant take charge of their destiny. Frankly, they don’t deserve to be employed.
2 comments:
I would be glad to partner with you.
I am open to a partnership Trout. How do we proceed to see if we are a good match?
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