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Why Bad Jobs (or No Jobs) Happen To Good Workers
sean_nestor writes "Back in October, an article appeared in The Wall Street Journal with the headline 'Why Companies Aren't Getting the Employees They Need.' It noted that even with millions of highly educated and highly trained workers sidelined by the worst economic downturn in three generations, companies were reporting shortages of skilled workers. Companies typically blame schools, for not providing the right training; the government, for not letting in enough skilled immigrants; and workers themselves, who all too often turn down good jobs at good wages. The author of the article, an expert on employment and management issues, concluded that although employers are in almost complete agreement about the skills gap, there was no actual evidence of it. Instead, he said, 'The real culprits are the employers themselves.'" The linked article is an interview with Peter Cappelli, author of the WSJ piece, who has recently published a book on the alleged skills gap.
Exactly.
HR: "With which programming language are you most familiar?"
Coder: "The one best suited for my current project."
They don't get that.
We don't have a state-run media we have a media-run state.
Unless you lose her to starvation
a Visual Basic programmer
I understand what those words mean individually, but I don't see how they can go together in that way.
Maybe it means a Microsoft employee who worked on the VB interpreter?