Adam Davidson Quotes

I started out as a business manager for a national hotel chain based in Oklahoma. I got frustrated with what was happening in the state capital - the high cost of doing business and a lack of educated workers.

Because education is the backbone of a competitive workforce and successful economy, making it a priority is not uncommon.

A lot of these industries are having difficulty finding reliable workers with the skills they require.

Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our people - especially their educations.

It is clear that a temporary increase in the cap is needed to ensure high-tech companies can hire the specialized personnel they need to continue to help fuel California's economic growth.

Today, many companies are reporting that their number one constraint on growth is the inability to hire workers with the necessary skills.

The Chinese government today finds it hotter than ever to attract, develop, and retain talent. Graduates from the country’s top universities, who once would have filled government posts, are instead choosing to take jobs in the private sector. Ironically, by creating new opportunities for talented people, three decades of reform have made undertaking new reforms more difficult

I don’t buy the argument that there are certain jobs that American just will not do.

Our nations workers are our nation’s greatest asset.

It’s the private sector that produces the jobs, but the private sector needs roads and an educated workforce.

In an ever-changing global marketplace, the one factor any state can count on is the skills of its upcoming and existing workforce.

If we have no foreign workers, our economy suffers; our own lives suffer.

Kansas businesses depend on high-skilled workers to be competitive and to contribute to the local economy.

As the economy turns, one of the most significant impediments to economic growth is going to be labor availability.

In any economy, the entire population is supported by the part of it that is working. All other things being equal, it thus follows that the most attractive acquisition a society can have is a young adult, whose childhood and education has already been paid for, but whose entire working life still lies ahead.

Firms gain comparative advantage from how good their people are. Retaining and attracting talent is a key point of competitive advantage in the global economy. We are seeing that play out, and there are implications for Australia, too. The idea that companies now compete on who can pay their workers the lowest - that's all changing.

You cannot be pro business unless you are pro education.

The tech-driven economy leads to a two-tier job market where workers are either critical or 'commodity.' This divisive 'winner-take-all' mentality hurts most Americans and worsens economic inequality.

As a nation, we must unite in recognizing the mounting evidence that the U.S. is falling behind international competitors in producing students ready for 21st-century jobs.

We have a lot of employers who are looking for skilled workers and not being able to find them. And we have workers who lack the requisite skills to access these good-paying jobs in high growth industries.

What out country is facing right now is a skills gap.

Our children and grandchildren are not going to have the same standard of living unless we educate that workforce.

The ingenuity and creativity of the private sector is essential to meeting American's needs for a skilled work force.

I'm fascinated by the skills gap.

The H-1B visa is called the 'genius visa' for a reason.