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[melissaphish]

I heard about this on the news regularly, and I was wondering what you have experienced. Do any of you work in an industry where jobs go unfilled due to not being able to find qualified candidates?

Let's say I could tak a part time job for the next year and spend the rest of my time educating myself for a new career. I am smart and can learn just about anything that does not require advanced science or math or knowledge of foreign languages. Any suggestions?

I am seriously all done with my current career path and need something else to do for the next 20 years.

[Jambear]

No.

I work in an industry where they lay off or allow the most experienced to retire and hire people grossly unqualified to do the job.
Then they expect me to teach 20 years of experience to someone with none for far less pay than an experienced person increasing my duties, responsibilty, job stress and decreasing patient saftey.

In the mean time people can get hurt and die.

I think it is the same in all types of jobs.

Find one you think you would be good at and jump in.

I know you would do an awesome job.

[jnjn]

no, jobs get filled by those that are unqualified and/or dumb & they usually come cheap. I work in fashion (very demanding & high pressure at times) & i've noticed that beyond being unqualified, some of these people just can't hang in this business. they're too slow, too fragile & overall lack common sense & clear decision making skills. i'm offended when i'm told by recruiters that the market is just "saturated w/ talent". talent??? absolutely not more like recent college graduates...there's a big difference.

if you're considering a career change, i say as long you have emotional & financial support then go for it! take some time, figure out the new road you'd like to travel & just go for it. i read something in a magazine recently about career change & it mentioned something like, anytime you get that "what the hell am i thinking" feeling, ask yourself if you think you could do what you disliked so much for the next 20-50 years.

[nancykind]

yes, sometimes we take a lonnnggg time to fill the national account sales positions out in the field, but no, not so much at corporate. we had to go outside the co. and hire a temp for maternity leave, then a f/t position opened up so the temp got hired full time and we hired another temp. the temp is now training a temp! we have a truly outstanding track record of hiring temps to f/t positions so i firmly believe it's a way to get a foot in just about any door, and, we tend to try temps first, for almost all of our non-managment positions rather than post in the local papers.

[Ginger Snap]

I work for a company that has jobs go unfilled, from relief workers right up to the team leaders and clinicians, although it is more because the qualifications and credentials expected are not inline with the pay. They want the skills but aren't able to pay for them. Fortunate for me though- the overtime will help immensely this summer.

[IT_Buzz]

The really talented people in my department leave for higher paying jobs since my job don't pay much. Wait a second... I don't get offered jobs by other companies. No I have the sad....