"The President is trying to be pro-business. He's [Obama] trying to do what he can to work with the business community," added Parsons.

Joe Echevarria, Deloitte's new U.S. CEO stressed that growth comes from offering incentives to the private sector "through tax reform, regulation and responsible fiscal policy."

But it needs to be done in a "pragmatic" way with a responsible government and less politics," he said.



Heather Bresch, CEO of Mylan Labs, said unemployment is "tough to band-aid when it’s of such epic proportions."

"There needs to be a real recognition of what is job creation and that there’s a difference between a government job and a private sector job...We really need to step back and live within our means," added Bresch. "That’s a very tough pill for everybody to swallow and I think given the partisan of what Washington has become, they’re not putting America first."

Liam McGee, CEO of Hartford Financial Services Group, stressed the importance of creating "incentives for businesses and entrepreneurs to invest—hire people in their plant, equipment and grow."

"We ought to be celebrating our entrepreneurs," McGee added, "and those who are creating vibrant businesses and creating jobs."

Jon Faraci, CEO of International Paper, told CNBC "to create jobs what we need is demand. This economy is 70 percent consumer driven, so we need consumers spending some of their discretionary income if we're going to have demand that's gong to lead to more jobs."

"If we get demand, we’ll put more shifts on, our employees will be working more hours, and we’ll hire more people. Without demand we can have all the certainty in the world and all the clarity about regulation, but to me it’s not so much about confidence as it is about demand," explained Faraci.