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originally posted by: 727Sky
Sorry for the companies trying to find qualified employees but the bright side is maybe the universities will start teaching job skills or trade schools will pick up the slack..
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: JoshuaCox
You obviously don't work in the human resource department.
I do.
It's hard to find anyone that's not useless today and it's getting worse.
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
originally posted by: 727Sky
Sorry for the companies trying to find qualified employees but the bright side is maybe the universities will start teaching job skills or trade schools will pick up the slack..
LIES!
Gender Studies prepares kids for every possible role, in any possible scenario, in every potential workplace, that could ever be imagined.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
The term "critical thinker" is common.
originally posted by: Whoisjohngalt
Goooooood!
Free market would dictate that wages rise to attract more workers.
Why do you think the largest lobbying group in America, the us chamber of commerce, is always pushing for immigration reform? Cause they want to keep the torrent of labor coming into the country to increase competition and keep wages down.
originally posted by: toysforadults
Ill believe that when I see a corresponding increase in wages
...The trend could stoke broader wage growth and improve worker productivity, which have been sluggish in the past decade. Workers tend to get their biggest wage increases when they move from one job to another. Job-switchers saw roughly 30% larger annual pay increases in May than those who stayed put over the past 12 months, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: toysforadults
Ill believe that when I see a corresponding increase in wages
You get larger pay increases when you are willing to change jobs. This is well known among people who actively manage their careers. My wife has seen her income increase more than 100% over the past 7 years or so from job changes. She got increased responsibility and larger paychecks. Had she stayed in the same job, she probably be lucky to be making 15-20% more than if she didn't leave.
Here is an article in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago discussing how those who are quitting are seeing the largest wage increases.
In this economy, quitters are winning
...The trend could stoke broader wage growth and improve worker productivity, which have been sluggish in the past decade. Workers tend to get their biggest wage increases when they move from one job to another. Job-switchers saw roughly 30% larger annual pay increases in May than those who stayed put over the past 12 months, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.