Job Openings in Public Service - Technology
by Michael HoffmanWednesday, August 22nd, 2007
A client of ours, One Economy Corporation, has some terrific job openings in Washington D.C. and in Chicago and elsewhere.
I just watched a nice presentation from Alec Ross from One Economy who makes a strong case that giving low income people access to technology is simply a requirement for allowing people to participate in the greater economy. You can watch it on Google Video. One example he used: McDonald’s announced that they will begin only taking job applications online. So imagine that, even hamburger flipping is now tied to the digital economy. Another example he used: College applications. If you are a high-school senior and you want to go to college you upload everything electronically - no more big envelopes and hand-written essays. Go to a low-income community in the Spring and try to get on a computer in the library - it is full of high-school seniors with no access at home. One more example… there is lots of data that says a 30-something white guy like him is most likely to use the web for entertainment and pornography while low-income people are more likely to use internet access for asset building activities and education.
