It's Hard to Picture Now, But Labor Shortages Could Happen

Given the current unemployment rate, it’s difficult to imagine an economic climate in which companies are hurting for qualified hires. Yet an article from Human Resource Executive Online points out that such a scenario is actually likely, given the gap between projected openings in certain fields and the readiness of today’s high-school graduates to fill those jobs.

“It may seem strange to you that, given the situation we’re now in, that we will have these types of shortages, but as a futurist, it doesn’t seem strange to me,” one source tells

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