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Well if the people who lost their job do not have the right qualifications to work in the open positions, and are unlikely to get them you can have both (as it

Well if the people who lost their job do not have the right qualifications to work in the open positions, and are unlikely to get them you can have both (as it takes time (month, years) and often money (an unemployed person might not have)). Also if the jobs are so badly payed that it's going in the direction of it being better to not work even if there is no money for unemployed people you also can have a labor shortage. (Just an example, so physical taxing job which which also has a high chance of damaging your clothes and doesn't provide clothes for you can make you cost more money due to increased living cost (clothes, more food) then you might earn.) I'm not saying that any of this things are happening, just that you totally can have both high unemployment and a servere labor shortage , either due to qualifications or due to inhuman working conditions.

newacct583 6y ago
That's true when comparing workforces across demographics and economies, sure. Happens all the time. But here we're comparing "2019 Montana" with "2021 Montana" -- it's not like Montanans or their economy have changed that much. The clear hypothesis is that if the same people are doing the same jobs in the same economy with similar workforce participation numbers that there is no "severe" employment shortage".
- lazyasciiart 6y ago
  But 2021 Montana is significantly different to 2019 Montana. For just one change, the entrances to Yellowstone are closed. So there aren't even the same jobs available, think of all the tourist facing positions that aren't needed. Even if the employment rate was the same, you'd have to assume that the working population had changed along with the jobs available.