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Doktor Zoom's avatar

Looking for a story saying unemployment "jumped" by a tenth of a point in October.

And I'll prolly find one.

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Marksb's avatar

Well it's hell trying to hire right now. Everyone who wants to work and has the skills/knowledge seems to be working. Others are jumping ship to other companies for higher pay.

Still, I see companies offering wages that were low years ago and just a joke today and I hear their managers whining that "no one wants to work anymore" because, dude, you're $10/hr short to get that level of skill. That includes the company that acquired us this year--their idea of a pay scale *might* have been market value ten years ago. So I get resumes that I can't hire because the company down the street will pay significantly more for the same job.

Now new jobs numbers are flattening. Surprise! If you've hired everyone who is willing and skilled to work the available jobs, and you are unwilling to hire people unqualified and/or not willing to train new employees to become qualified, then OF COURSE new job numbers are going to go down.

Sheesh. This isn't all that complicated. Pay market wages, be willing to train, and get off your victimhood high horse.

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