This article skirts the entire reason that companies are not adding new employees.
Adding an employee increases the company’s overhead and is a permanent addition. Next month when Holder/Obama come out with their next new regulation slamming businesses, the company which has added staff gets hit with incrementally greater taxes than its competitor which did not add permanent staff.
Companies now are foregoing adding staff in favor of using contractors and/or mechanization. Machines don’t call in sick and contractors can be shed immediately. Full time new employees can be a nightmare when the cost of taxation rises.
Companies love to hire illegal aliens, as they think company benefits are 5 minute breaks, work like slaves, don't complain, since their getting 20 times more than they made in Mehico!
Profits regardless of consequences.
“Machines don’t call in sick and contractors can be shed immediately.”
They also don’t get workers compensation, benefits, and vacation...our job market is resembling Europe’s (20% unemployment in some countries).