So many job openings, but so hard to get hired

CBS News ^ | 08/15/2014 | BySUZANNE LUCAS

[SeekAndFind]

The Labor Department just released statistics that show that job openings in June are at a 13-year high. But while hiring is also up, it's not nearly at the levels that the job openings are. For job-hunters, the disconnect can be frustrating and painful.

What's going on, and how can you get around this?

* Not all jobs posted will be filled.

Sometimes businesses post jobs with no intention of actually filling them. They're looking for applicants to put in their files so that they have a supply of candidates when a job does open up. Sometimes, positions are posted, but then internal changes remove the need to fill them. Sometimes, job openings are real, but a company promotes someone internally, and then post that vacancy. That can make it look like two jobs are open, but the company is really hiring only one person.

* Companies often look for a "perfect fit" that doesn't exist.

With unemployment being high, many employers expect that the perfect candidate will just show up at their door. The problem is, it's rare to find a person who's exactly right, with all the relevant skills. People who can do everything an employer is looking for want to move to a higher job to further expand their skills. Therefore, there's a lack of fit.

[ottbmare]

In some cases, jobs are advertised in order to show state and federal government that the employer is really really trying to hire women and minorities.

[discostu]

Would you want to work for someone that want total access to your private communication? Even if you’ve got nothing on there that matters it’s YOUR private communication and none of their damn business. The correct answer to somebody requesting access to your FB page is “goodbye”.

[KoRn]

"There’s nothing like CHEAP labor, no matter what the quality."

Yeah, nothing better than importing $8 per hour software developers. It's even better when they work 18 hours per day 7 days a week remotely from India, and you just mail them $200 check every month for their "salary". lol

The state of most things today is just demoralizing. If I didn't have morals, I'd put my talents to REAL use, and become a well 'paid' criminal. It works for most bankers, politicians, ect.....ect...ect (the list could be pages long)

Unfortunately, it seems the only things that pay well these days involve screwing people over....(we all get it daily, whether we realize it or not)

[N. Theknow]

Yeah, nothing better than importing $8 per hour software developers. It's even better when they work 18 hours per day 7 days a week remotely from India, and you just mail them $200 check every month for their "salary". lol

It's not just the cheap labor, it is the non-existant Social Security and matching Social Security, 940 forms, 941 forms, unemployment taxes, federal taxes and double all that for state taxes plus the the expenses associated with hiring someone to administer all that BS.

Companies save a lot of money and headaches by outsourcing.

Any bitching about cheap labor should come full circle to the doorstep of the politicians who passed all the onerous regulations demanded of employers.