Generally speaking, jobs are good -- good for the people who fill them, good for the businesses where the money gets spent, good for the tax bases they join, and so on.
Specifically speaking, the real issue isn't job creation -- it's how the jobs are created.
The, "how", is irrelevant, if no jobs are created.
One thing is for sure, to create more jobs, a community has to bring in a company that will create those jobs.
Let me fall back on my own personal experience, again:
A tire company wanted to build a plant in my hometown; "ohhhh, no, no, no, that'll be bad. We don't want that".
A recycling company want to build a facility; "ohhhh, no, no, no, that'll be bad. We don't want that".
A fertilizer company wanted to build a plant to produce amonia; "ohhhh, no, no, no, that'll be bad. We don't want that".
Finally, in the late 90's, after the old fart, small town nay-sayers died off, or were too old to raise sand, a federal prison was built there.
Good! Right? Nice, cushy gubmint jobs. Wanna hear the punchline? Most of the people in that area can't even qualify for a job as a janitor, much less anything else.
Now, the land that all those other companies wanted to build their facilities on, has a federal prison sitting on it and it ain't goin' no where.