Covid Shrinks the Work Force
When discussions about how employers in the United States are having a hard time filling jobs in the emerging-from-global-pandemic world of COVID occur, the various effects this is having on businesses are noted. Limited production, shipping delays, and limited hours on the retail end all factor into the big picture of economic slowdown. I just heard NBC state that, currently, there are two job openings for every one person . We also hear about how, at 3.6%, the unemployment rate is extremely low , which indicates that people are, in fact, working. So, what attributes to the gap? Several situations contribute to the gap between a working population and there being tons of jobs unfilled. Things such as people retiring or going back to school are regularly cited, even career changes that have scores of people leaving the hardest hit-by-COVID industries such as hospitality . What I NEVER hear (and maybe it's being stated, and I just have been missing it so, please, correct me if I am...