Sunday, October 23, 2005
"What Will We Do for Employment?"
Relationships in the Digital Age: The World Is Flat
CBarr's Relationships in the Digital Age blog has an interesting comment on a key question raised by Friedman in The World is Flat She asks:
CBarr's Relationships in the Digital Age blog has an interesting comment on a key question raised by Friedman in The World is Flat She asks:
What will we do for employment? Will we need to be a country filled with doctors, lawyers, and investors? What does this mean for the level of education required for finding employment? It is already such a competitive job market, with many jobs requiring an MBA or Masters degree. What will happen to those that only have a high school education, Associates degree, or Bachelor's degree? With the cost of living steadily rising and property rates rising, will people be living with their parents well into their 30s and 40s while they finish up their advanced education? Will the government do more to fund advanced education so we can keep up? What will happen to the poverty level as unemployment climbs (which it seems it might if we don't do something drastic to create jobs that won't be outsourced). I fear for our future if we can't find an innovative way to keep up with the game.Friedman would concur, we need to change our ways if we are going to compete as a nation and as individuals in the global marketplace.
