Publication
Workplace Word® – September 2012
How Employees and Employers Put a Man on the Moon
by Mark Morris
Jobs, jobs, jobs. That was the hue and cry during much of the recent political conventions. One of the great national debates currently going on and leading up to the elections in November is how more jobs can be created to alleviate our anemic employment figures. Unemployment over 8 percent for over three years, and no one seems to dispute there are 23 million Americans out of work.
More recently there was a memorial service for Astronaut Neil Armstrong. It was interesting too that references were made to him during at least one of the conventions. Why? What’s the connection between him and jobs?
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