For whatever reason, one fast food restaurant in particular has made enough inroads with the federal government that the U.S. Secretary of Labor visited Delaware County Monday to help the company tout its additional 375,000 jobs for the summer — 20,000 of which will be Ohio, according to a report by WSYX.

Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel was there, too, trying his best to turn the announcement into economic news. Perhaps state officials are smarting from the loss (or, rather, failure to materialize) of so many of the jobs promised by larger employers who never put their money where their mouths were.

“We always talk about the fact that we need every Ohioan, we need every type of job. These jobs are great experience,” Tressel said, according to WSYX.

He’s right. But an additional 20,000 entry level summer fast food jobs for the Buckeye State must not be enough to satisfy the folks in Columbus. Certainly, it’s not enough to do much good for the rest of us.

In March, the unemployment rate in Ohio was 4.8%. The national average was 4.2%. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data showed approximately 283,000 unemployed people in the Buckeye State in March. For the week of April 27 to May 3, initial jobless claims increased to 6,357, according to the state Department of Job and Family Services, with an 8-week average of 57,232 continued claims.

Of course, Tressel is correct that the addition of any jobs is important; and no doubt there will be 20,000 people who are better off because these jobs have been added. But what about our larger goals? Anduril says it will create more than 4,000 jobs in Pickaway County by 2035. While the company may very well be true to its word, Ohioans can be forgiven for not exactly holding their breath after other recent disappointments.

What else are the public officials at JobsOhio working on with public money? What do other regional and statewide economic development agencies have up their sleeves? How much longer before we get that large employer within commuting distance of every resident?

Celebrating small victories is fine.

But if U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer wants us to believe the 20,000 new jobs here are “the best first job,” economic development officials all over the state have a responsibility to answer the question: What comes next?