"The No. 1 issue is the available work force".
For some of Colombia's former guerrillas, drug trafficking might provide the only available work.
But too often, "job placement" represents little more than a database of available work.
That way, the thinking goes, the available work will be divided between more people.
One solution would be to accept the productivity increases, shorten the workweek and share the available work.
Any small or medium-sized business facing a diminution of available work in one area would look for other potential opportunities.
If employers are careful and their diversity goals are related to what their available work force is, I don't think there are many legal issues for the employer".
The intention was to share out the available work more evenly and to allow workers to spend more time with their families.
They are, in effect, continually tailoring their work forces to fit the available work, adjusting quickly to swings in demand for products and services.
Duncan Smith said he wanted people to make a "reasonable effort" to take available work, even if it had to be found elsewhere.
The company had originally planned to expand to only 500 employees, but decided that the city's location, available work force and underground fiber-optic cables suited MBNA's needs.
