/liberty/ - Liberty

>>63505

The issue isn't that they can't get people, it's that they won't hire people unless they meet ridiculous requirements like "five years experience" for an entry-level job.

There's shit tons of ready workers I know in the trades who can't get a job because of this. It's gonna implode for the larger companies in their faces here in the next decade. This idea of "not enough skilled workers" is really "we don't want to train our workers and our senior employees won't do it, waaaah!"

Also keep in mind there's a trades gap "bottleneck" caused by the boomer generation. There's a shit ton of senior workers and a shit ton of entry workers, but not very many regular workers in the workforce right now for trade skills (and to a lesser extent computer science and similar STEM jobs).

>>63510

Does this still apply to small business?

"Small businesses cited a lack of skills as the main reason for the vacancies. Others also blamed "unreasonable" wage expectations, attitude, appearance as well as drug addiction for disqualification of job seekers"

>>63513

I want to pull out my hair when I read this and yet couldn't even land a goddam interview.

>>63513

In all seriousness though, how do you even find a job at a small business? All the job boards I look at are 95% giganto-corporations or some job you should only have if you're a teenager. Where are these businesses advertising, in fucking dive bars?

>>63520

I went over to the JOLTS website but still can't see where exactly do they get their information from. https://www.bls.gov/jlt/jltdef.htm

Consider other factors as well: Some kids taking the NEETpill and getting a tugboat instead of a job, H1-B enabling impossible hiring standards so they have an excuse to hire overseas at budget rates, and so on. Almost everywhere you look, the government is involved one way or another.

The only counter example I have is the Internet enabling self-employment. Artists can get patronage, Youtube/Twitch money, freelancers for all sorts of employment areas. Hell, I considered applying for a freelance position teaching English to the Chinese online. Lots of good opportunities to earn money online.

>>63520

The three main ways they advertise here in town is by signage outside their buildings, manufacturing mixers/manufacturing expos, and word-of-mouth.

>>63513

Probably, but small businesses can e a little more flexible. I get paid shit at the small business I'm working for, but I can request almost as many days off as I want so long as I don't take more than a week off every few months, and they don't really track sick days in terms of unexcused absences.

Large businesses suffer from their largess when looking for excuses to pay their new guys more and have more stringent hiring requirements because they assume someone will (eventually) come along before the deadline that they can pawn off all the work to.

>>63520

Small businesses I got interviewed for were all due to recruiters.

This is what you get for interfering with the labour market. Open the borders or millions will suffer the economic consequences.