Posted on 01/30/2014 4:12:55 PM PST by Libloather
(CNN) -- The White House has secured commitments from some of the nation's largest companies for a plan to boost hiring of the long-term unemployed.
"What we have done is to gather together 300 companies, just to start with, including, some of the top 50 companies in the country, companies like Walmart, and Apple, Ford and others, to say let's establish best practices," President Barack Obama told CNN Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper in an exclusive interview.
"Because they've been unemployed ... so long, folks are looking at that gap in the resume and they're weeding them out before these folks even get a chance for an interview," said Obama.
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“Just 6 months into Ohios $55M welfare to work program it is found only 257 have found jobs and only 2 are still employed after 90 days.”
Sounds like another Kasich success story.
In recent weeks, senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett has reached out to chief executives seeking commitments that they won’t discriminate against the long-term unemployed in hiring practices. The White House has scheduled an event highlighting the initiative for Friday.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303277704579345163039263136?mod=WSJ_hp_RightTopStories
Wonder what she did to twist their arms...
I'm convinced most big business is convinced of long term control of the US by progressives, and is trying to purchase exemptions by paying extortion money.
Look at the list of contributors to Podesta: http://www.americanprogress.org/about/our-supporters/
That’s called lying.
Damn! That's 0.179% of their work force. No wonder service is so slow.
It’s called “Fascism.”
Oh good. More economic wisdom straight from the mouth of Wesley Mouch.
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