Think You're Hiring in an Employer's Market? Be Prepared to Invest

TMCnet -- “Employers struggling to find qualified job candidates” – with unemployment rates across the United States at 25-year highs, nearing nine percent in some markets, it’s no wonder that unexpected announcements like this make headlines. So why is it that, with the Bureau of Labor statistics reporting more than four million jobs lost in February – a very tough month for our economy – there were still nearly 3 million job openings available nationwide? At least part of the answer lies in the words “qualified candidates.”