05-24-2007, 05:00 AM
I guess that I have to agree, that there may be valid reasons why newcomers may have a difficult time finding employment. I learned early on as a manager in Alaska,that new arrivals were very risky to hire. Due to our remoteness from the rest of the world, and the weather and the costs, many folks did not last a year. The husband may have liked it, but the wife hated it....it all sounded good in the books, but after the realism set in, of how far from family and friends, of how the long winters, ect. ect. many would leave.
I think that in many ways, Hawaii is similar to Alaska in that regard.
I learned that the cost of training, the scheduling of vacations, the relationships with our customers were all made more difficult when we had someone leave, so I always preferred to interview and hire long term Alaskans; it made my life much easier.
After people had a couple of years under their belt, and I could easily get a sense of how they were fitting in, while interviewing, and I was more likely to look at them as potential long term employees.
Probably true here too.
"Be kind whenever possible; it is always possible"
-Dalai Lama-
I think that in many ways, Hawaii is similar to Alaska in that regard.
I learned that the cost of training, the scheduling of vacations, the relationships with our customers were all made more difficult when we had someone leave, so I always preferred to interview and hire long term Alaskans; it made my life much easier.
After people had a couple of years under their belt, and I could easily get a sense of how they were fitting in, while interviewing, and I was more likely to look at them as potential long term employees.
Probably true here too.
"Be kind whenever possible; it is always possible"
-Dalai Lama-