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Job Openings in the USA Surge to Record High as Firms Struggle to Hire Workers
Epoch Times ^ | 08/09/2021 | Tom Ozimek

Posted on 08/09/2021 9:00:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 08/09/2021 9:00:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

If the stupid employers want employees, pay more money. This is not complex.


2 posted on 08/09/2021 9:02:12 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: SeekAndFind

The people getting “free” money will pay for it in inflation.


3 posted on 08/09/2021 9:04:47 PM PDT by packagingguy (Kit)
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To: SeekAndFind

Fire the ones that won’t take the vax, That’ll fix it.


4 posted on 08/09/2021 9:06:49 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Luke21

LOL!


5 posted on 08/09/2021 9:07:36 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

What’s wrong with you? Don’t you know? I’ve been told the labor is “special” and doesn’t fit the supply and demand model THAT EVERYTHING ELSE associated with business fits. Business has a “right” to cheap labor. /sarcasm


6 posted on 08/09/2021 9:14:35 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: SeekAndFind
This historically elevated level makes clear that we have a severe worker shortage that threatens what should be a prolonged economic boom,”

Translation: Businesses refuse to raise wages and are throwing a temper tantrum.

7 posted on 08/09/2021 9:21:18 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Luke21

Also, make them wear a filthy face diaper for several hours at a time, for even better results!


8 posted on 08/09/2021 9:32:35 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Left out: Are they hiring.

Prices surge to record highs. Demand tanking.
Desperate urgency to “covid”-mark registrations.


9 posted on 08/09/2021 9:41:15 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yet I can’t get a call back...highly educated, old and white male...need not apply.


10 posted on 08/09/2021 9:43:17 PM PDT by fuente (Liberty resides in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box--Fredrick Douglas)
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To: SeekAndFind

Monthly checks going out now for the “advanced” child tax credit. Folks are still staying home instead of going back to work!


11 posted on 08/09/2021 9:44:45 PM PDT by Cedar
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To: dragnet2

Obviously, you have never been an employer.


12 posted on 08/09/2021 10:01:17 PM PDT by dinodino ( )
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To: central_va

You’re joking, right? How many people do you employ?


13 posted on 08/09/2021 10:02:43 PM PDT by dinodino ( )
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To: dinodino

Look, if ya can’t find employees who want to work for what you’re paying, ya better pay more. If an employer can’t pay enough to attract people to work, they’re screwed anyway and they’re probably in the wrong biz.


14 posted on 08/09/2021 10:35:19 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hope some of them will hire the unvaxxed. I will be looking...possibly as soon as tomorrow


15 posted on 08/09/2021 10:35:37 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom (Back after a long hiatus. Now mygrandkidsgrandma)
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To: SeekAndFind

There is more to a job than just money, but if you aren’t paying enough for people doing a “dirty” job, you won’t get employees. If you charge enough to cover those employee expenses, you may lose business.
A hard thing to balance.
Most people want to be wanted, it is
a social thing. Trick is to make them useful
for the lowest cost possible.
That is an art that many successful employers
have learned.
Government is not very successful. Military used to be
but that seems to be fading.
My solution, brutal, but it will work.
Grab a parachute and jump out of the plane, watch it crash and then build another one. Pray for the stupid people that stayed aboard, but make sure you never have to suffer with them again.


16 posted on 08/09/2021 10:54:51 PM PDT by rellic
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To: SeekAndFind

I refuse to work in a communist dictatorship.


17 posted on 08/09/2021 11:21:03 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: dragnet2

I’m beginning to get the picture.
Employers want their employees
vaccinated before they’re considered
for employment. The worker pool these
employers must draw from are maybe
just a little above average in their
thinking skills. (No shots for me).
Hence, the conundrum.


18 posted on 08/10/2021 12:14:12 AM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: Cedar; All
Yup, Wanda ya expect? The state and federal governments PAY people not to work.

Common sense isn’t common anymore.

19 posted on 08/10/2021 12:50:35 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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Another problem is age discrimination.
What brought the majority of these
companies to the successful level
they try to maintain were us ‘old folks’.
My generation was taught “take money
from the man, you ride for the brand”.
We were on time, no excuses, hit that
deadline. We worked above and beyond
what was asked of us. That drive and
sentiment is gone from today’s
workforce. Hell, the government will
bail us out if we hit a rough spot.
We never relied on such drivel.
Got two kids, like buzzards on tree
limb, waiting for me and mom to croak,
I’m being a bit off hand here.
I’ve picked walnuts, dug potatoes,
hung sheetrock, raced snowmobiles,
(crashed, got hurt, went to school)
100% paid by me....
46 years later...I’m retired.
Perfectly willing to go back to
work if I’m paid what I’m worth.
Not too many employers today want
to pay that price....like I did.


20 posted on 08/10/2021 1:01:38 AM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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