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I wonder if this is a hangover from the recession. Hiring managers expectations have been anchored to market conditions that simply don't exist anymore but whic
by stult 9y ago
I wonder if this is a hangover from the recession. Hiring managers expectations have been anchored to market conditions that simply don't exist anymore but which lasted so long that no one in hiring recognizes the issue.
- RobertoG 9y agoIn my opinion this have nothing to do with circumstances. Companies that would prefer to pay less (that would be most of them) always say that there are not enough qualified people, they never complain that they have to pay too much. If there are not enough qualified people the answer is obvious: allow more emigration or educate more people in the field faster. The real goal is to reduce wages and improve profits. If there was not enough qualified people wages would keep growing. So, yes, there are not enough qualified people for the wages that we would like, but this is always going to be the case. In the same vein, employees never say they are overpaid. It's just unfashionable to say that there is an inherent conflict between labour and capital.
- whipoodle 9y agoYou are correct, it is about labor costs.