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By: 5 Ways Your Small Business Can Survive Post Recession | SiliconANGLE

5 Ways Your Small Business Can Survive Post Recession | SiliconANGLE — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:15:17 +0000

[...] The scenario has been echoed by businesses large and small: the candidates you’re seeing aren’t perfect matches for your open positions. There’s an abundance of entry-level applicants, but you’re looking for experienced applicants that you can plug-in with minimal on-boarding and training time. Regardless of what you’re looking for, you can’t afford to leave those positions unfilled. [...]

By: American Perfectionism « A Midwestern Mind

American Perfectionism « A Midwestern Mind — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:57:01 +0000

[...] they cannot fill needed positions. Peter Capelli does a brilliant job taking apart this claim in an excerpt posted on Time.com. He explains that many employers want to hire people able to immediately [...]

By: The Skills Gap Myth | Help & Hope for Unemployed

The Skills Gap Myth | Help & Hope for Unemployed — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:03:15 +0000

[...] http://business.time.com/2012/06/04/the-skills-gap-myth-why-companies-cant-find-good-people/ Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it Print for later Bookmark in Browser Share this:Related posts: [...]

By: Training Inexperienced Workers to Fill Jobs | Ideas Lab

Training Inexperienced Workers to Fill Jobs | Ideas Lab — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:55:08 +0000

[...] an article published in TIME Business, Peter Cappelli, a professor and director of Wharton’s Center for Human [...]

By: Leading By Example: Solving the Skills Gap with Niraj Shah

Leading By Example: Solving the Skills Gap with Niraj Shah — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:01:43 +0000

[...] Cappelli, writing in Time, believes that the skills gap that companies complain of is “self-inflicted”. As I [...]

By: The Ladycoders Project, Interviewing and Career Advice | Geek Feminism Blog

The Ladycoders Project, Interviewing and Career Advice | Geek Feminism Blog — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:52:45 +0000

[...] developers who prefer more balance. Peter Cappelli has been writing some great pieces about the skills gap myth that tie into his book “Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What [...]

By: The Ladycoders Project, Interviewing and Career Advice » Tech & Troublemaking

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:13:27 +0000

By: How Will Facebook Job Boards Impact Businesses? « Nate Crowder

How Will Facebook Job Boards Impact Businesses? « Nate Crowder — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:12:14 +0000

[...] Many employers today say that there’s a mismatch between what they’re seeking in potential hires and the skills listed in the applications they receive. Because Facebook touches so many various segments of the population, its job boards should help connect employers with people who meet their qualifications, regardless of where they currently live or work. Addressing this one element of the marketplace could have a significant impact on the economy. [...]

By: How Will Facebook Job Boards Impact Businesses?

How Will Facebook Job Boards Impact Businesses? — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:56:39 +0000

By: From truckers to tool-makers, dig inside the blue-collar job market : BusinessJournalism.org Reynolds Center for Business Journalism

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:02:10 +0000

[...] illustrated by this TIME column “The skills gap myth,” say there really isn’t a shortage of people with the know-how needed to fill vacant jobs, [...]

By: The Skills-gap myth « Economics Info

The Skills-gap myth « Economics Info — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 02:00:41 +0000

[...] Source [...]

By: “What skills do you have that I don’t want?” | LIT

“What skills do you have that I don’t want?” | LIT — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:51:44 +0000

[...] to the Wall Street Journal (click on the name) and Time articles, more than half of US companies lament the loss of qualified individuals to hire and even [...]

By: Mind The Gap: Getting The Right Workers Into The Right Jobs | My Job Advice - simple job employment advice - find a job today!

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:49:45 +0000

[...] And there’s also the notion of “skills gaps” in certain industries — the debatable idea that not enough workers have the proper training for certain jobs. Our education system, some [...]

By: The Skills Gap | Crunch Up

The Skills Gap | Crunch Up — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:06:54 +0000

[...] Here is the Time article: http://business.time.com/2012/06/04/the-skills-gap-myth-why-companies-cant-find-good-people/ [...]

By: Friends of CTE Blog: Is there a Skills Gap, and can CTE Fill it? « NASDCTEc Blog

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:13:39 +0000

[...] There has been another surge in press about whether a “skills gap” really exists in today’s lagging economy. This most recent bump comes courtesy of disappointing May and June job numbers and the coincident release of a new book by University of Pennsylvania economist Peter Capelli which Time Magazine covered in an article entitled, “The Skills Gap Myth.” [...]

By: Excuses, excuses: The problem with ‘structural’ explanations for U.S. unemployment | MacroScope

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:00:29 +0000

[...] more interesting reading on the subject see the Atlanta Fed’s macroblog, Paul Krugman and Peter Capelli. « Previous Post Comments 2 comments so far | Comments RSS Jul 11, 20129:41 [...]

By: Renewing the enthusiasm of our organizations | renewable enthusiasm

Renewing the enthusiasm of our organizations | renewable enthusiasm — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:53:03 +0000

[...] aren’t; the skills are there, but companies hiring software is too rigid. (Time Magazine: The Skills Gap Myth: Why Companies Can’t Find Good People.) Student loan debt soars to a record level, even as students struggle to find jobs for which they [...]

By: Wharton Professor: Employers Want Top Skills At Low Wages and That’s Why You Don’t Have A Job | SPH - Small penis humiliation

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:58:08 +0000

[...] at slave wages as an excuse to bring in lower-paid workers from other countries. Progress! Finally someone speaks the truth about U.S. employers claiming they just can’t find people for job openings. Wharton [...]

By: ottoborden

ottoborden — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:59:28 +0000

Reblogged this on Towards A Secular America and commented: Wages have been stagnant since the 70s and this isn't going to change soon. Go into nursing; they haven't outsourced it yet but that doesn't mean it won't be imported one day.

By: The “skills gap” & the “jobless recovery”

The “skills gap” & the “jobless recovery” — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:12:11 +0000

[...] the June 4 edition of TIME, Peter Capelli explains: Employers are not looking to hire entry-level applicants right out of school. They want [...]