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雇主们必须意识到,有一群有才干、高潜质的人可以帮助缓解劳工危机。

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尽管获得合法工作授权,但持有特殊移民签证(专为受雇于或代表美国政府或军方的阿富汗人设立的计划)的阿富汗人仍然有28%失业,22%未充分就业,远高于美国7.8%的平均失业率。图片来源:KENT NISHIMURA - GETTY IMAGES

无论你称其为“大离职潮”(Great Resignation)还是“大辞职潮”(Big Quit),雇主们都严重缺乏所需要的劳动者来开展业务,准时无误地将消费者所期望的商品和服务交付到他们的手中。

2021年,美国有超过3800万人离职。令人惊讶的是,这几乎相当于全美四分之一的劳动者。这直接造成了1100万个职位空缺。如果没有劳工填补这些缺口,消费者可能就会面临更严重的供应短缺、商品和服务交付时间进一步延长、成本上涨等问题。

在争相填补这些空缺之时,雇主们必须意识到,有一群有才干、高潜质的人可以帮助缓解劳工危机。

2019年,移民占美国劳动力的17%以上,美国目前共有4470万移民。其中包括自1980年以来重新定居的250万难民,以及自2021年8月美国撤离阿富汗以来抵达的7.5万名阿富汗人。尽管这些数字都不低,而且所有的这些阿富汗新移民都获得合法工作授权,但移民的失业率比普通美国人要高。

2020年,移民失业率为9.2%,高于美国7.8%的平均失业率。持有特殊移民签证(Special Immigrant Visa,专为受雇于或代表美国政府或军方的阿富汗人设立的计划)的阿富汗人失业率甚至更高,28%失业,另有22%未充分就业。

正如美国商会(U.S. Chamber of Commerce)所说,雇主需要雇用更多的移民工人,以帮助缓解劳动力短缺危机,让美国经济全面增长。对此我们完全同意。

企业为什么没有多雇用难民和移民?

一大挑战在于,许多难民和移民在抵达美国时都面临语言障碍问题,因而雇主不考虑雇用这一人群。很多时候,企业会将语言能力视为工作表现良好的先决条件。

这是一个常见的误解。许多大公司发现,移民和难民在学习英语期间能够成为优秀的员工。事实上,投资于英语学习者的企业已经建立了一支忠诚敬业的员工队伍。他们履行提升公司多样性、公平性和包容性的承诺,这既为公司文化带来了好处,同时也向客户展示了他们的价值观。

部分解决工作场所语言障碍的最佳解决方案是在企业内部形成的,依靠希望同行和同事取得成功的劳工和管理人员的创造力和创新。我们的两个组织Tent和JFF发布了一份新指南,为企业收集了帮助仍然在提高语言流利度的员工在岗位上茁壮成长的最佳实践。

美国领先的食品公司Chobani估计,根据最新统计,他们的制造业劳动力中约有30%是至少20种不同母语的移民和难民。这种多元化的员工队伍会产生累计影响,可以带来更加多元化的员工,因为来自相似文化背景的Chobani员工能够充当翻译,用母语帮助同事接受新岗位培训。

9年前,Chobani在其位于爱达荷州双瀑城的工厂雇用了一位名叫埃苏的东非难民。埃苏刚开始新工作时并不懂什么英语,但后来他获得多次晋升,现在已经成为一名生产主管,领导着一支近40人的多语种团队。

另一家食品公司泰森食品(Tyson Foods)也取得了类似的成功。该公司雇用了社区联络员,让其负责为他们带来更多的移民——许多移民的语言能力较低。这些社区联络员还充当着当地语言学习者社区与其管理者之间的纽带,确保公司了解特定文化中的节假日等事情。

这些只是企业从雇用难民和移民中受益的众多例子中的两个。

鉴于要填补的工作岗位数量创历史新高,消费者对企业践行多元化和企业社会责任的需求也很高,语言障碍不应该成为企业不雇用难民和移民的托词。现在是时候投资这个有才干、机敏且技能娴熟的人才库了。(财富中文网)

劳拉·罗伯茨是非营利组织Jobs for the Future的董事,该组织致力于促进经济发展机会均等。亚伦·施瓦茨是非营利组织Tent Partnership for Refugees的美国负责人,该组织覆盖200多家大公司,致力于让难民融入它们所在的社区。

译者:万志文

无论你称其为“大离职潮”(Great Resignation)还是“大辞职潮”(Big Quit),雇主们都严重缺乏所需要的劳动者来开展业务,准时无误地将消费者所期望的商品和服务交付到他们的手中。

2021年,美国有超过3800万人离职。令人惊讶的是,这几乎相当于全美四分之一的劳动者。这直接造成了1100万个职位空缺。如果没有劳工填补这些缺口,消费者可能就会面临更严重的供应短缺、商品和服务交付时间进一步延长、成本上涨等问题。

在争相填补这些空缺之时,雇主们必须意识到,有一群有才干、高潜质的人可以帮助缓解劳工危机。

2019年,移民占美国劳动力的17%以上,美国目前共有4470万移民。其中包括自1980年以来重新定居的250万难民,以及自2021年8月美国撤离阿富汗以来抵达的7.5万名阿富汗人。尽管这些数字都不低,而且所有的这些阿富汗新移民都获得合法工作授权,但移民的失业率比普通美国人要高。

2020年,移民失业率为9.2%,高于美国7.8%的平均失业率。持有特殊移民签证(Special Immigrant Visa,专为受雇于或代表美国政府或军方的阿富汗人设立的计划)的阿富汗人失业率甚至更高,28%失业,另有22%未充分就业。

正如美国商会(U.S. Chamber of Commerce)所说,雇主需要雇用更多的移民工人,以帮助缓解劳动力短缺危机,让美国经济全面增长。对此我们完全同意。

企业为什么没有多雇用难民和移民?

一大挑战在于,许多难民和移民在抵达美国时都面临语言障碍问题,因而雇主不考虑雇用这一人群。很多时候,企业会将语言能力视为工作表现良好的先决条件。

这是一个常见的误解。许多大公司发现,移民和难民在学习英语期间能够成为优秀的员工。事实上,投资于英语学习者的企业已经建立了一支忠诚敬业的员工队伍。他们履行提升公司多样性、公平性和包容性的承诺,这既为公司文化带来了好处,同时也向客户展示了他们的价值观。

部分解决工作场所语言障碍的最佳解决方案是在企业内部形成的,依靠希望同行和同事取得成功的劳工和管理人员的创造力和创新。我们的两个组织Tent和JFF发布了一份新指南,为企业收集了帮助仍然在提高语言流利度的员工在岗位上茁壮成长的最佳实践。

美国领先的食品公司Chobani估计,根据最新统计,他们的制造业劳动力中约有30%是至少20种不同母语的移民和难民。这种多元化的员工队伍会产生累计影响,可以带来更加多元化的员工,因为来自相似文化背景的Chobani员工能够充当翻译,用母语帮助同事接受新岗位培训。

9年前,Chobani在其位于爱达荷州双瀑城的工厂雇用了一位名叫埃苏的东非难民。埃苏刚开始新工作时并不懂什么英语,但后来他获得多次晋升,现在已经成为一名生产主管,领导着一支近40人的多语种团队。

另一家食品公司泰森食品(Tyson Foods)也取得了类似的成功。该公司雇用了社区联络员,让其负责为他们带来更多的移民——许多移民的语言能力较低。这些社区联络员还充当着当地语言学习者社区与其管理者之间的纽带,确保公司了解特定文化中的节假日等事情。

这些只是企业从雇用难民和移民中受益的众多例子中的两个。

鉴于要填补的工作岗位数量创历史新高,消费者对企业践行多元化和企业社会责任的需求也很高,语言障碍不应该成为企业不雇用难民和移民的托词。现在是时候投资这个有才干、机敏且技能娴熟的人才库了。(财富中文网)

劳拉·罗伯茨是非营利组织Jobs for the Future的董事,该组织致力于促进经济发展机会均等。亚伦·施瓦茨是非营利组织Tent Partnership for Refugees的美国负责人,该组织覆盖200多家大公司,致力于让难民融入它们所在的社区。

译者:万志文

Whether you call it the Great Resignation or the Big Quit, employers are woefully short of the workers they need to run their businesses and provide the goods and services we expect without delay.

More than 38 million people left their jobs in 2021. Amazingly, that’s nearly one out of every four workers in the U.S. This has contributed to a shortfall of 11 million workers needed to fill open roles. Without workers to fill these gaps, we are likely to face even more supply shortages, longer waits for goods and services, and higher costs than we’re facing today.

As employers scramble to fill these openings, it’s crucial for them to realize that there is a talented and high-potential group of individuals who can help alleviate the worker crisis.

Immigrants represented more than 17% of the workforce in 2019 and there are a total of 44.7 million immigrants in the U.S. This includes 2.5 million refugees who have resettled here since 1980 and 75,000 Afghans who have arrived since the U.S. withdrawal from the country in August, 2021. Despite these numbers and the fact that all of our new Afghan neighbors are legally authorized to work, immigrants have higher unemployment rates compared to the average American.

In 2020, the unemployment rate for immigrants was 9.2%, compared to the 7.8% average unemployment rate in the U.S. It’s even higher for Afghans holding the Special Immigrant Visa (a program uniquely developed for Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government or military), with 28% unemployed and another 22% underemployed.

As the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has said, employers need to hire more immigrant workers to help alleviate the worker shortage crisis and fully grow the U.S. economy. We couldn’t agree more.

Why haven’t businesses hired more refugees and immigrants?

One major challenge is the language barrier that many refugees and immigrants face when they arrive in the U.S., prompting employers to overlook this population as potential employees. All too often, businesses see language proficiency as a prerequisite for performing well on the job.

This is a common misconception. Many major companies have found that immigrants and refugees can be great employees while learning English. In fact, companies that have invested in English language learners have built a loyal and engaged workforce as they walk the talk on diversity, equity, and inclusion–bringing benefits to company culture and demonstrating their values to their customers.

Some of the best solutions for language barriers in the workplace have been developed at the local level through the creativity and innovation of workers and managers who want to support the success of their peers and colleagues. Our organizations, Tent and JFF, have released a new guide that gathers best practices for companies on how to help workers who are still building language fluency thrive in their roles.

Chobani, a leading food company in the U.S., estimated that, at last count, approximately 30% of their manufacturing workforce was made up of immigrants and refugees who speak at least 20 different native languages. This diverse workforce has the cumulative impact of bringing on even more diverse workers, as Chobani employees from similar cultural backgrounds act as translators and help to train their colleagues for new jobs in their native languages.

Nine years ago, Chobani hired a refugee from eastern Africa named Eyasu at its facility in Twin Falls, Idaho. Eyasu knew little English when he started in his new job, but since then he has been promoted several times and is now a production supervisor leading a multilingual team of nearly 40 people.

Tyson Foods has had similar success. The company employs community liaisons who work to bring on more immigrants into their workforce–many with lower language proficiency. These community liaisons also act as a link between the communities of local language learners and their managers, to ensure that the company is aware of things like culturally specific holidays.

These are just two of many examples where companies have benefited from hiring refugees and immigrants.

With a record number of jobs to fill and high consumer demand for companies to meet the moment on diversity and corporate social responsibility, language barriers should not be an excuse for businesses to not hire refugees and immigrants. Now is the time to invest in this incredibly talented, resourceful, and skilled talent pool.

Laura Roberts is a director at the Jobs for the Future, a nonprofit focused on equal opportunity for economic advancement. Yaron Schwartz is U.S. lead at the Tent Partnership for Refugees, a network of over 200 major companies committed to integrating refugees in their host communities.

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