employers are having trouble finding people with advanced computer and interpersonal skills, punctuality, and reliability - who are willing to work for minimum wage.
My company had an job posting for a PHP programmer for an annual salary of $100,000 a year. We had this job posted everywhere for a year and got no serious applicants.
We finally had to bring in a guy from India to do the job.
Late husband had 30 yrs in 2 way radio electronics, he was a trouble shooter, who was sent all over the US to iron out issues local shops could not.
At 54 when the business he worked for folded, as cells were starting to replace 2 ways, he applied for job
s all over the country. Pay beginners wages, and you pay moving expenses. Those jobs got turned down. You want 30 yrs experience PAY FOR IT!
Youngest son works in a factory, he is in the minority. He works his butt off, they loaf, on the phone, he ends up with their goofs to fix. He gets the pay raises twice what they get. Unless he is truly sick he does not take time off, except vacation time. Loafer minorities are always missing days, or goofing off on the job. Even come in hung over, drunk, or go out to car to take a hit of pot.
Then they wonder why they don’t rise in the company or get a good pay raise.
I’ve offered to put him threw welding school, he spot welds now and has fork lift opp. license. But he does not want the GED end of it. This is a hard working kid, who has always HATED school of any kind. Preferring hands on learning. But he is always on time, does all OT, and stays late if required. He WORKS. Just should have better education for better job, to go with the drive to work.
You can lead a horse to water as the saying goes.