POWER OF JOBS
WHY JOBS


Jobs have unique power to strengthen individuals and families
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Meet basic financial needs
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Help build and sustain a family
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Acquire sound health care
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Build personal dignity, sense of purpose
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Develop sound values for the next generation
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Build qualifications for a better job
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Provide opportunities to have fun

Good jobs have even more power
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Build family wealth, assets that can give the next generation a head start
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Provide skills and assets to start a business, which creates more jobs and spreads the wealth

Collectively, jobs have a powerful social impact
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Develop strong communities
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Reduce poverty
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Reduce crime
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Reduce social costs
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Increase the tax base
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Increase spending in local neighborhoods
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Fill the jobs businesses need
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Make people happier

For employers
​… we sometimes take for granted the power of jobs in an organization.
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Without people in their jobs there would be no organization.
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Without skilled and motivated people an organization would not succeed.
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People doing their jobs determine the productivity of an organization, its efficiency, image with “customers”, rate of innovation.
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People in their jobs create the positive work environment that benefits everyone the organization touches.