You have to look at a lot more factors, not just "we can't find people." In particular:
- Is the complainer part of a group or industry that always has problems finding people?
- Does the job offer enough pay or hours to actually make it worthwhile?
- Does the pay match the skills required?
- Is it just a junk posting so an employer can cry?
The scamdemic probably did the most damage to the first and second categories. That summer off gave people a little money in their pocket and a lot of time to think about exactly what the fuck they were doing with their lives, and many moved on. Other things have come online that offer hard work, but a somewhat better wage and 40 hours a week - that's sopping up a lot of the people that would be looking at jobs in those categories.
Companies still don't want to pay for skills, that's going to be an ongoing thing forever. You don't get 30 years of experience for $20 an hour, it simply doesn't work that way, and the last one is going to be a problem as long as our government allows companies to cry for H1B workers.
So no, it's not necessarily a sign of deflation, but right now it does seem to be a pointer towards financial issues overall.
>Is it just a junk posting so an employer can cry?
This is exactly the issue these days on Social Media.
"Nobody wants to work these days man! Damn Gen Z just doesn't want to work because they're lazy, man" - Every faggoty trendy Recruiter on LinkedIn right now.
Bullshit.
The job postings are complete bullshit and completely unrealistic.
Take federal jobs on USAJobs.gov. You will never see more unrealistic and bullshit "choosing beggar" type job description entries than on that platform.
"Requirements: -Must have 10 years leading an Engineering Design Team in Jet Propulsion Theory and Testing. -Must have expensive, incredibly rare and hard-to-obtain professional certifications. -Must have experience working with never-heard-of Cybersecurity Implementation Branch at Pentagon. -Must have 10 years leading Brigade/Squadron-level CounterIntelligence Cell -TS-SCI with Full Scope Lifestyle Polygraph Clearance Position: Aircraft Painter Salary: GS-07 $36,000-$47,000"
This is a mock of a fictional job description, but this isn't all that wrong, if you've been on that website.
Employers are to blame. They've cut so deep into the labor pool and gotten rid of people and automated everything and have just merged and restructured positions, that they want 1 entry level position to do the work of literally 4 people, and they want that entry-level person to have multiple degrees, expensive, hard-to-obtain certifications and 10+ years of experience. It's NOT realistic. IT'S BULLSHIT.
There's literally not enough jobs to go around. Employers can be as picky as fuck because they're getting 200 applicants for some of these positions in these metro areas. They can exploit whomever they want and pay lower salaries because there is a surplus of labor, not a shortage as the media claims.
Don't believe the lies the media tells you about labor. If there was a shortage, there wouldn't be 200+ applicants for entry-level jobs.
I don't even bother with those types of postings. They are easy to pick out.
Dude you're so right. I applied for a forestry job last summer going around maintaining dispersed camping roads and signage along those roads. I got all the way to the end of the application and then it said I needed 4 years forestry service experience and a four-year degree in some crazy forestry science. I'm like all I'm doing is driving around with a freaking staple gun, a clipboard and garbage bags. The government is just full of fucking shit heads and people who don't want to retire.
Forestry Worker: Requirements -Must have 4 years experience in Forestry, Fishery and National Park environments -Must have 4 year degree in Forestry Science -Must have PMP certification -Must have 7 years experience leading Emergency Response/Wildland Fire unit -Must have experience in Data Analysis and website design (why??? Why the fuck is that related?) -Must have website design engineer experience (again) -Must have 10 years of mechanical engineering experience Salary: GS-03: $28,000
This is why nobody takes USAJobs seriously.
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