Why is hiring so much lower than new job openings?

Captain Adverse said:

You have no point. You can pick nits all you want, you have no point. There are no massive numbers of people who voluntarily refuse to look for work because they are able to live off the government. If you took all those people off welfare and all the other programs you complain about, how is your little figure of "3.9 million jobs" going to cover millions of people who's current jobs don't allow them to feed their families, or are current welfare recipients. What about all the elderly and disabled who will need work to cover their medicaid expenses and food costs. This on top of the existing 15 million unemployed.

Do we have enough living wage jobs for at least 60 million people????? YOU HAVE NO POINT!

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JC Callender said:

What did Americans do to get by before FDR?

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Wehrwolfen said:

By Jazz Shaw
August 17, 2013


Both Dr. James Joyner and Bloomberg’s Peter Orszag are looking into a rather puzzling pair of statistics from the labor market this week. Posted job openings around the country are up roughly 50%, but new hires have only risen by 5%. What can account for the disparity in these numbers? It would seem that if companies are posting that many more openings, surely hiring should be on the rise in comparable numbers, and yet it’s not happening.

Orszag:

To get some sense of how significant this is, consider that if, since June 2010, hiring had risen a third as much as advertised jobs have (rather than only a 10th), and nothing else were different, job creation would be roughly 500,000 higher each month, and the unemployment rate would already be back to normal levels.

So what explains the yawning gap between jobs open and jobs filled?​

Joyner:

Orszag floats four theories that have been offered:
There’s a mismatch between the skills needed and those available on the market Employers are offering wages too low to attract applicants Jobs are mostly being filled with internal candidates Firms have reduced their “recruiting intensity,” and just aren’t that excited to fill openings

He argues pretty good reasons to discount any of these as likely explanations for much of the gap. He concludes,

Regardless of the true explanation, it’s still good news that more jobs are being advertised. That wouldn’t be happening if the economic outlook were entirely bleak.

But, if nobody’s hiring, the economic outlook is pretty damned bleak for the unemployed and underemployed.​

As with most cases when we attempt to analyze a trend taking place involving tens of millions of people, I suspect the “answer” isn’t just one driving phenomenon, but rather a combination of factors.....


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Guess that 99 weeks of Unemployment Checks and SNAP is too enticing.[/QU


let's cut to the chase werewolf ... It's Obama's fault! It's the response to anything you post ...

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Captain Adverse said:

That is such crap. There are only 4 million people on welfare. There are nearly 12 million unemployed actively seeking work among 3 million available jobs openings, and another nearly 3 million listed as "marginally attached" persons who have given up in frustration and turned to "other" forms of income or homelessness. There are 47 million citizens on food stamps, 43 million NOT on welfare...many of whom are working at part-time jobs, temporary worker contracts, or full-time low paying jobs. The rest are on disability or social security.

This myth of masses of welfare mothers with 10 kids sucking off the government tit is getting a bit annoying.

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0bserver92 said:

There are plenty of openings for accountants, always, and it pays very well. The problem is most people don't want to be an accountant or go through the process (certification, work experience, equivalence, etc.) to be one.

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JC Callender said:

What did Americans do to get by before FDR?

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Cash allowance benefits for financial assistance will also be state regulated and allowances paid will also vary based on different criteria. However, an average expectation can be placed on a family of 4 receiving up to $900 for their TANF allowance. A single person household can expect an average of up to $300.

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However, a basic average guideline for the food stamp program will show that an average family of 4 can expect an amount up to $500 per month for food stamps. This figure will greatly vary based on the age of the family members and medical needs. A single person household will show an expected average of up to $200 per month. Again, these figures are averages and not state specific.

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Wehrwolfen said:

Everyone wants to become a computer expert, or corporate mavin while they look down upon auto mechanics, plumbers, electricians, or any type of manual or technical labor. Then there's the college graduate that believes he/she should be starting at the top of the corporate ladder, rather than starting in the mail room. Many of these "graduates" can't spell or compose simple reports, or presentations. That is the elitist Progressive attitude imparted to future population that feel real work is beneath them.

I'm sure that those of on this board have experienced people I've described.

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0bserver92 said:

No accountants are incredibly high in demand employers come and seek graduates out and want to pay rather large amounts of money. I also get paid to be certified in accounting. I don't have to start in the mail room because I have university degree and am part of an internationally-recognized association, there is no need for me to start in the mail-room (do they still have mail-rooms).

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Wehrwolfen said:

I'm not against accountants or bookkeepers. It's an honest profession. I'm all for honest trades and professions. There are starting points in all those areas and it's not at the top. Whether you start in the accounting Dept. reviewing billing, or accounts payable makes no difference. You don't begin as the VP of the Actuarial Area of the Accounting Dept. right out of College.

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paddymcdougall said:

They died. They lived in the streets. They crammed multiple families into a 2 bedroom apartment.

We didn't like seeing our elderly starve, so FDR did something about it.

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0bserver92 said:

Well considering you can't be an accountant right of college definitely not. If just so happen to make good connections during your on the job training there is quite a possibility of climbing that ladder faster than normal or starting at a higher rung.

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JC Callender said:

Do you have a source for these mass deaths caused by starvation? Do people still live in the streets? How did we become such a great country under such horrid circumstances?

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