Last Sunday, Mike went to First Baptist Church in Sioux Falls for another exciting edition of his ‘Shut Up and Listen’ session. He gave advice on how to dress for an interview (if they even call you for one) and put his foot in his mouth so many times that I am guessing his breath smells like sweaty toes and shoe leather to this day!
Around $170K of the $500K the city is awarding in workforce development is going towards immigrants and refugees.
While I am not opposed to teaching them English and using taxdollars to do it, shouldn’t our #1 focus be on actual job training, when it comes to workforce development? When I think of teaching immigrants our language, I look at that as a social service, not a workforce development service.
What do you think? I think it is a very fine line;
In January, the City of Sioux Falls launched a Workforce Development Pilot Program to support and explore activities to address workforce challenges and to drive workforce growth and development. Today, the City announced its intent to award funding to eight local entities that are well-positioned to address workforce development needs in Sioux Falls. Grant awards are proposed for:
The eight awards total $440,928. The City has received 38 applications requesting a total of $1,932,715. An evaluation committee and the City Attorney’s Office reviewed each application. Ten finalists were invited to make a presentation to the group and were scored by the committee according to:
We already have the other one covered.
The ‘Spamming’ of the new jobs website doesn’t surprise me. After the site was announced, I commented to a friend, “I wonder how long it will take before someone posts fake jobs?”
Didn’t take to long.
What surprises me that after we spent $24K for a website, you would think the spam filters would be stronger. My filters pick up about 1,000 spam comments a day. I physically moderate (delete) about 10 comments a day. So folks, this is why I moderate my comments, and no one pays me $24K a year to do it, we can always change that.
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Nothing like being scolded for using the word ‘ass’ by the guy who is rumored to drop the F-Bomb quite frequently to whoever is in the room. As for a grammar reference, the term ‘Hard Ass’ refers to a stubborn mule, you know, the mascot of the party you belong to, Mike? The F-word refers to sex. So Mike, I think the people of Sioux Falls would appreciate you refrain from using the word from now on.
Ego Much? Images: Argus Leader Media
When I first heard about this site and campaign yesterday, I thought it was some kind of April Fool’s joke.
The city council recently allocated $500K for workforce development, which I support, but I was under the impression this was to help businesses recruit workers, not hold people’s hands on how to find a job.
There are numerous private help wanted job sites in Sioux Falls. If you are looking for a job, you have multiple options. With the low unemployment, it is becoming harder for businesses to find qualified people. I have often felt that the solution is that employers in Sioux Falls need to start paying blue collar workers a living wage.
As for the city getting involved in ‘want ads’ maybe they could also include rummage and car sales on the site also, to diversify it 🙂
This is just a PR move by the mayor, who is considering running for governor.
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