The statistics, are not very accurate, or they need to be filtered by type of job. I know on the job boards were they give counts always literally hundreds even thousands of people signing up for the same jobs.
There must be a better way than a job board with hundreds of applicants. My son-in-law keeps running into things like that. As a recent college grad with a computer engineering degree but no experience, he can’t seem to break through to people who really want to hire a beginner guy at a beginner salary. He’s keeping body and soul together right now by working as a security guard. I think job hunting is a truly awful undertaking.
Yes, three are HUGE differences in industries as well as type of position in this industries. Some states rely heavily on tourism. Others on energy. Others on finance. Others on tech.
In places like California, the glut of workers is probably due to poorly educated, poorly experienced workers. In poorer states, the shortage of workers is because the jobs don’t pay much.
It’s very hard to make meaningful generalities like this article is attempting to do.
I really question the Dakota data now that Biden has basically eliminated the spudding of new wells. On appearance, the female author has the looks of a sixteen year old high school student. (I suffer from lookism.)
They’re not accurate in NYS.
Nor even for the public sector.
There are large numbers of jobs open.
But people either don’t want to move here or don’t want to work.