tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665342107723336257.post3483153354298303000..comments2023-02-13T03:38:13.649-05:00Comments on LaMarotte: New Entrants to WorkforceADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665342107723336257.post-23333478235699071702011-09-14T12:29:39.354-04:002011-09-14T12:29:39.354-04:00What has amazed me is the "professionalizatio...What has amazed me is the "professionalization" of some of the service area that used to be available to youths.<br /><br />Fast food joints come to mind. Many of them seem to be populated by the under-employed these days, or people on their second or third part time job.<br /><br />That shift has been around a while, it seemed to me to be starting 10 or so years ago. <br /><br />I suspect this is much like the trend to not hire the unemployed: An un-intended consequence of Employment costs, as well as the difficulty in firing poor performing employees, keeping out the untrained youth work force.<br /><br />The solution? <br /><br />I am intrigued by the two tier system in Michigan (UAW plants) where new hires can be hired at a lower rate than the prevailing wage, then escalated to a high rate later. <br /><br />Is it perfect? No, but it allows companies to manage the risk of hiring the wrong employee.russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855830819794968851noreply@blogger.com