Clarence Otis : Everyone wants to see businesses creating jobs . But the reality is that most of those companies are not hiring because they don't have enough workers, but rather because there's a shortage of qualified applicants and employers simply can't find them. Otis says state and local rules , combined with health reform , push firms to avoid hiring . Darden : Their collective effect is to threaten job creation and prevent us in the restaurant industry from doing our part to put our economy back on its feet . Rather than hire , companies look for technology to reduce the need for labor .
Clarence Otis : Everyone wants to see businesses creating jobs . But the reality is that most of those companies are not hiring because they don't have enough workers, but rather because there's a shortage of qualified applicants and employers simply can't find them. Otis says state and local rules , combined with health reform , push firms to avoid hiring . Darden : Rather than hire , companies look for technology to reduce the need for labor .