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For instance, McDonald's recently held a "National Hiring Day" during which a million Americans applied for jobs. Only 6.2% of the applicants were hired. In the old days you could walk down to McDonald's and get a job whenever you wanted to, but now any job is precious.

I don't agree. I have friends running or managing businesses in contracting, electrical, restaurants - these people are ALWAYS looking to hire competent help. Their problem is finding people who are willing to be trained, aren't on drugs, will show up on time, and work hard for what they might consider low pay in the beginning.

Our Progressive society has trained a large segment of society who need to be taken care of by Gov't. These will be our rioters of the future.

I don't agree. I have friends running or managing businesses in contracting, electrical, restaurants - these people are ALWAYS looking to hire competent help.

Keyword: Competent. I'm a trainer for the company I work for, and with every new batch of trainees there's at least one person at whom I'll find myself shaking my head and thinking "How did this person even get through the interview?"

(Incidentally, my employer allows people to telecommute full time, and we're hiring right now, both full and part-time positions. if anyone wants details, FReepmail me.)

My brother's company has been looking for a PHP programmer for almost 6 months now, the hiring bonus they're offering is up to $5000 after working 90 days. My brother says they get a lot of inquirees, but as soon as the applicants find out that they'll be expected to demonstrate that they know PHP by writing a simple code during the interview, suddenly they disappear. In the 6 months they've been looking, not one person has turned up for their interview.
(His employer made that a requirement after they hired 2 "programmers" who turned out to have taken their "sample programs" from the internet, and couldn't write a PHP program to save their lives.)

It seems bizarre that there's a job shortage and a worker shortage at the same time, but there is.