Well, it appears that we are just giving lip service to our returning military veterans. Many of them are not able to find decent jobs, and they quickly find themselves in economic enslavement. That's no way to treat folks who have volunteered to help our country in our time of need. Next, consider that we need more entrepreneurs, small business people, and franchisees, so could returning military vets serve this purpose and help us once again, this time with the war on unemployment? Indeed, I'd like to discuss this with you the have a few moments.
In the Los Angeles Times there was an interesting article on November 24, 2012 titled; "A Jobless Crisis for National Guard," by Alexandra Zavis which noted the "poor job prospects" here in the US for returning National Guard vets. Now then, I can recall previously when franchising my company how many returning veterans had been hired by our franchisees, and how many inquiries we got from people getting out of the military who wished to start their own businesses. In turn, they would most likely hire a good many of their friends also with military background, and thus, they were able to tap into a solid and if I might be so bold as to say a superior workforce.
This became fairly evident to me in both robust economic growth periods and in economic downturns - for instance when the unemployment rate was down to 5.4% these military veterans were able to network with other folks getting out of the military or reservists and hire them to work, and when unemployment was high, this group worked very hard to generate income and business, and were very good to their military buddies who they had employed. Through efficiency, teamwork, hard work ethic, and the right attitude they were able to succeed regardless of what the economy was doing.
It seems as if this could be a win-win for our economy if we would play our cards correctly. First we need to reduce the regulations on all businesses, and particularly on franchisors. By doing this we could have a rapid growth of small businesses, which typically employ some 75% of America's workforce. With all of those new people out working and paying into the system it would go a long way to preventing our federal government from over spending, provided they got their act together - and, it could help us solve our unemployment crisis.
Currently at 8 to 10% unemployment in our nation with the rare exceptions of places like North Dakota due to the oil boom, we cannot maintain our quality of life, legacy costs, health care system, education system, military, or any of the services that we rely upon from our government. Perhaps we should be looking here, and although it isn't an answer to all of our economic woes, it would go a long way to fixing some of the challenges we face. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.
Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative eBook on Career Advice. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net
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