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Nikia

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5. Usually if there are unfilled jobs that don't require specific experience or education
Sat Sep 8, 2012, 11:39 AM
Sep 2012

It is usually one or all these factors: it has a reputation as an awful place to work, they are paying very poorly, and/or they are too picky. Every once in a while a company goes through a major expansion and hires a bunch of people. I really wondered about one place that had 500+ applicants despite paying $9/hour and only found 50 of the 100 they needed of them hireable despite the fact that it was all on the job training. It must have been O, A, and G that caused there to be over 450 applicants that they wouldn't consider hiring. In this case, it cuts both ways. If a company can't find people to hire, they need to pay more or accept applicants who might not be perfectly ideal.
If Right Wingers are referring to people not trying to get hired for jobs that they are overqualified for, it helps other people who are applying for those jobs get them since there is less competition.
When unemployment is under 4% and there are almost no jobs paying under $10/hour or its inflationary equivalent, we can talk about people sitting out of employment unless they get a perfect job.

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The unemployment rate among college grads is somewhere around 5% Cary Sep 2012 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #4
What we need is to get ourselves out of this liquidity trap Cary Sep 2012 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #13
I hear you but I don't think protectionism is as good as it sounds Cary Sep 2012 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #18
Inevitable. Cary Sep 2012 #20
Excellent analysis Freddie Sep 2012 #2
The Employment-Population Ratio is another measure of economic recovery. It was 63.7 (unadj) or jody Sep 2012 #3
Usually if there are unfilled jobs that don't require specific experience or education Nikia Sep 2012 #5
O is a big factor, especially since so many new jobs are McJobs. Employers assume gkhouston Sep 2012 #7
This doesn't help: Republicans Have Blocked The American Jobs Act For One Year SunsetDreams Sep 2012 #6
The problem of unemployment can't be fixed until the sea-change KG Sep 2012 #8
If fixed costs do not prohibit, production seeks lower labor cost whether textile jobs to overseas jody Sep 2012 #9
+1 moondust Sep 2012 #10
The unemployment problem is much simpler than that, MadHound Sep 2012 #12
You're forgetting something, NashvilleLefty Sep 2012 #14
"stopped offering training"! Then why is govt wasting billions training the work force for specific jody Sep 2012 #15
Maybe the government is doing that because many companies won't do it themselves jp11 Sep 2012 #17
I'd disagree that the real job market is even this simple to look at jp11 Sep 2012 #19
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