“Easy. Wages need to be raised. Labor follows the same supply-demand curve as any other commodity.”
We have been advertising for a professional and a support employee since mid-March. The ad does not state the compensation package. Not a single applicant for either position. This suggests that wages, supply and demand may not be the issue since an applicant has no idea how much we are willing to pay.
What’s the logic behind not stating the compensation? The fundamental reason that people work is to be paid. I expect that a lot of people assume based on the lack of mention alone that the compensation is subpar, without contacting you to confirm whether they’re correct or not. In that sense wages might well be your problem.
As someone who has looked for a job in the past my take is since you DON'T say what the salary is for the position that eliminate you as someone I can deal with. Your ad reeks of "were a bunch of low balling a-holes".
See if it was a good position you would be offering good money and state that up front. Games games games....
Well - many don’t like not seeing a salary range, it’s a red flag. You should know what range is acceptable. I saw this posted on LinkedIn - vast majority of comments say it should be part of the job posting.
Maybe they move on from your ad because the wages are not stated. Why pursue a job, spend the time to send out a resume, interview, only to find the wage does not meet an expectation. I’ve seen people go through this time after time. Pretty soon they learn just skip that ad.
I concur. So what’s left? Maybe there is an incentive out there we don’t know about.
Or, the COVID was so good to everyone they were actually able to save up.
Or maybe they paid off all their credit card bills during COVID. Now they’re running them back to max after getting used to all the couch time?
‘course those two possibilities seem inconsistent with a guy that would have taken the COVID bennies. Guy like that would have been more likely to buy rims, a bag of weed, and a new game system than saved anything.