"Nobody Wants to Work Anymore!!!" Is This True? Why Are Businesses Struggling To Hire? Are Resumes Being Unfairly Rejected By Computers? What's The Future Of Hiring? Jeff Hogan Joins To Discuss!

The Best Paragraph I've Read: The chief executive of Domino's Pizza has complained that the company can’t hire enough drivers.  Lyft and Uber claim to have a similar problem.  A McDonald's franchise in Florida offered $50 to anybody willing to show up for an interview.  And some fast-food outlets have hung signs in their windows saying, "No one wants to work anymore."  The idea that the United States suffers from a labor shortage is fast becoming conventional wisdom.   This paragraph comes from the Morning Newsletter that is published by the New York Times.  The article is titled: "The Myth of Labor Shortages."  It is written by David Leonhardt.  You can read the article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/briefing/labor-shortages-covid-wages.html  Actalent strategic account manager, Jeff Hogan, joins Zac and Don to discuss America's current labor situation.  Is the narrative that "nobody wants to work anymore" true?  The three discuss some of the causes of the current situation.  Jeff provides some insight into the challenges of hiring skilled labor in a Covid world.  The three also discuss some potential future impacts that today's hiring shortages could cause.   The three also reference the following article from the Wall Street Journal:  "Companies Need More Workers.  Why Do They Reject Millions of Resumes?"  https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-need-more-workers-why-do-they-reject-millions-of-resumes-11630728008