(RALEIGH) -- The President was in the Triangle this week pushing his job creation proposal. North Carolina 2nd District Congresswoman Renee Ellmers joined members of the House leadership to unveil a Republican job creation plan.

"American business owners can come to my website and connect to American Job Creators ... put in their name, business ... and tell us what cumbersome regulation is getting in the way of [their ability to] create jobs."

Ellmers says she's been getting a lot of feedback from constituents on the subject.

"I sat down about a month ago with about 40 business owners from across my district.  And, overwhelmingly, they told me that uncertainty, burdensome regulations, and the fear of taxes going up are things putting them in a bad position to create jobs."

During his visit to Cree Inc. in Durham on Monday President Barack Obama announced what he called an "all hands on deck" approach to train additional workers in science and technology related fields. "Right now, there are more than four job-seekers for every job opening in America. But when it comes to science and high-tech fields, the opposite is true," said Obama. "The businesses represented here tell me they’re having a hard time finding high-skilled workers to fill their job openings."

Ellmers says we can't wait.

"The President keeps talking about the future. The future is now. We've got to create jobs now for our children in the future. And if we don't do this - and do this quickly - we're all going to be in trouble ... we cannot sustain a 9.1 percent unemployment rate any longer."

A survey released Tuesday by employment services firm ManpowerGroup compiled a list of the best and worst cities for jobs in the third quarter 2011, and the Raleigh/Cary region was ranked in cities with a weak outlook, carrying a projected net employment outlook of just 2 percent. Compare that to the national average which Manpower says sits at eight percent.

The same survey found Asheville to have a sunnier summer forecast. with a net employment outlook of 23 percent, ranking the mountain metro second best in places, nationwide, for finding a job this summer.

Economists with Wells Fargo said Wednesday that North Carolina's economy is slowly recovering, though not as fast as after previous economic slumps. Economists Jon Silvia and Michael Brown say the economy is growing, but it's not creating as many jobs as in the past.

Approximately 12-million Americans are unemployed, about 280-thousand in North Carolina, making the Tar Heel State the the tenth-highest unemployment rate in the United States.