It seems strange that the Australian Navy has six Collins class submarines - but can only find enough crew to send three of them to sea at any one time !
It takes highly skilled people to run a submarine - and there are drawbacks to the job. Long and boring periods at sea. Lack of contact with friends and family. A claustrophobic life that would not suit everyone !
Picking fruit has none of those problems - and yet farmers find it impossible to recruit the people necessary to get the crop to market. That is left to illegal migrants and the backpacker fraternity.
We are in a recession and the unemployment rate is rising steadily - and will probably top ten percent by the end of this year.
Are we too choosy about what we will do and where we will go to get work ?
It seems to be a fact of life that five percent of the population seem to have the skills to employ the other ninety-five percent. What makes that five percent either self employed or managing companies ?
Basically, it seems to be the ability to see an opportunity that needs servicing - and the gumption to get moving and provide the service that is needed.
Right now there are a lot of people who will shortly be out of a job. It might be a good idea if they stretch their imagination, open their eyes - and think outside the proverbial nine dots !
For some - a recession is an opportunity to try something new - something that would be unthinkable when jobs are freely offering.
An opportunity to work for the best boss in the world !
Worth thinking about !
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