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US Employers Struggle To Match Workers With Open Jobs (npr.org)
In the United States, there's a record number of jobs open: around 6 million. That's just about one job opening for every officially unemployed person in the country. From a report: Matching the unemployed with the right job is difficult, but there are some things employers could do to improve the odds. Andrew Chamberlain, chief economist for the job site Glassdoor, says U.S. employers often complain that workers don't have the skills needed for the jobs available. That is true for some upper-level health care and technology jobs. "But for the most part, it doesn't look to be like there is a skills gap," Chamberlain says. "That's not the main reason why there are many job openings." Chamberlain says that with unemployment so low and the U.S. labor force growing slowly, there's no doubt it is harder for companies to find workers. But he says if that were the main problem, you would see wages rising more rapidly in the economy -- and that's not the case in many industries. Part of the hiring problem, Chamberlain says, lies in company hiring policies.
Economics 101 says a labor shortage is not possible - employers need only raise offered wages until all positions are filled. What went wrong? Econ 101 explanations seem to be highly satisfactory when the job market is on the way down (in a recession for example).
My HR department is about a 50-50 split between men and women. And they are all equally useless...
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You Millennial are all alike. You want to be paid your full wages the very first day. In my time we worked for bread crumbs for five straight years just to prove we were good enough to sweep the floors. It was only after our managers begged and begged the boss for our raises that we ever saw even a penny more. And we liked it! And we said "Thank you". You know why? Because there were a million people pounding on the door for a chance to lick the floors clean every night, even it they didn't get paid.
That's what they told me anyway.
Okay...last time I checked, bus adverts were not a particularly reliable source of information.
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