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More Under Skilled Job Applicants Coming Your Way
The last thing that employers who are seeking skilled workers needs is job hunting advice like this: 4 Steps to Getting Hired When You Aren’t Completely Qualified That is…
A Shortage of ICD-10 Workers Threatens HealthCare Bottom Lines
While changes are transforming almost every industry, perhaps no individual profession will be impacted with the next few years as much as healthcare. And within that industry, no single job…
Growing Skills Gap Poses Opportunity for Skilled Freelancers
To prepare our students to move into these new roles, schools will need to place an emphasis on creativity, independent thinking, self-directed work, and openness to experimentation and risk…
A Troubling Tale of Two Job Markets: High Unemployment & Shortages of Workers
Within a 24 hour period of the Bureau of Labor Statistics releasing its latest unemployment data, I received nine articles that might make most people scratch their heads and say…
Who’s to Blame for Job Skill Shortages: Employers, Workers, or Schools?
Who’s to blame for the shortage of skilled workers? Not unlike politics, it depends who you ask. Employers blame schools. Schools blame government. Workers blame employers. The Institute for…
Looming Doctor Shortage Just TIp of Iceberg?
Stories about the shortage of skilled workers are so frequent these days that many people just take the news with a grain of salt. But an article like the one…
One in Two Employers Impacted by a Talent Shortage
Despite high unemployment and recent economic conditions, many employers are facing talent shortages. Some industries are addressing the talent shortage with recruitment and retention measures…
Small Businesses Struggle to Find Skilled Workers
The unemployment rate is nearly 10 percent. But small business owner Dave Hatter is having trouble finding skilled workers…
Only 20 Percent of Workers Qualify for High Demand Jobs
Despite prolonged high unemployment, employers are struggling to find qualified skilled workers? How is this possible?
“Everyone has been caught flatfooted,” according to author/human capital expert Edward Gordon… “we…
Did the recession gives employers an excuse for shedding under-skilled workers?
It’s like the recession justified a business cleansing — wholesale layoffs, plant closings and outsourcing for the sake of avoiding bankruptcy or closing a business entirely…