雅虎新闻：特朗普经济战略面临的一个潜在威胁 [美国媒体]

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arlos Soto owner of a floral service called Flowers From Our Heart had an unexpected problem on the busiest day of the year: He had to turn down business on Valentine’s Day because he couldn’t find enough workers to field all the orders he could have taken.

卡洛斯·索托（Carlos Soto）拥有一家花卉服务公司名叫“心田的花朵”，在今年最繁忙的一天遇到了一个意料之外的问题：他不得不在情人节当天拒绝做生意，因为他找不到足够的工人来配送他已经接手的所有订单量。

“A year or two ago I’d put an ad on Craigslist and get 100 or 150 resumes for a few positions” says Soto whose Los Angeles-based service delivers flowers through a network of 30000 local shops. “This year I placed several ads and got very few people. I could have used another six people. I would have been able to take more orders.”

“一两年前，我在Craigslist网站（网上大型免费分类广告网站）上打过广告并且有100或150人来应聘这个职位“，索托说道。他的基于洛杉矶本部的业务通过一个有着当地店铺3万家的物流网络来派送鲜花。“今年我打出了一些招聘广告然后只雇到了很少的人。我还可以再雇6个人的。我本来可以拿到更多的订单的。”

With the U.S. economy in its ninth year of expansion employers are fretting about a problem that seemed unimaginable just a few years ago in the aftermath of mass layoffs and the Great Recession: a shortage of workers from unskilled laborers needed to hammer nails to programmers and developers able to build complex software. The unemployment rate is a low 4.1% and probably headed below 4% at some point this year. The Labor Department says there are nearly 6 million unfilled jobs in the U.S. economy close to a record high.  

在美国经济第九年的扩张之时，雇主们正烦躁于一个几年前大规模裁员和经济大萧条之后看起来难以想象的问题：从无需技能的钉钉子劳工，到能够编写复杂软件的程序开发者的用工荒。失业率低至4.1%并且在今年某些时候可能更低至4%. 美国劳工部称约有600万职位空缺，快创美国经济工荒人数最新高。



Illustration by David Foster for Yahoo Finance

图为大卫·福斯特为雅虎财经做的插图。

For the first time ever small-business owners said in a monthly survey dating to 1974 that the poor quality of labor is their biggest problem rather than perennial gripes such as taxes weak sales costly health insurance or excessive regulation. In a recent survey of business owners by J.P. Morgan Chase 54% said finding qualified workers would be a “top challenge” in 2018—10 points higher than the portion who felt that way last year.

1974年以来第一次，小企业主在月度调查中说劳动力质量低劣是他们的最大问题，而不是抱怨税收、销售疲软、昂贵的医疗保险或者过度补偿。在摩根大通银行2018年最近的一次对企业主的调查中 54%被调查者称找到合格工人是“最大挑战”——持这一观点的人比去年高了10个百分点。

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Yahoo Finance surveyed more than 1100 people who own or manage a business and interviewed a variety of them in depth to determine why there’s a shortage of workers and what might be done about it. (Here are highlights from the survey.)

雅虎财经调查了1100个企业领导者和管理者，并深入采访了其中大部分人，与他们讨论为何如今工人短缺，并且他们准备如何应对。（这是调查的重点）

Among our findings:

在调查中：

1. More than half of employers say they can’t find enough qualified workers

1.超过一半的雇主认为他们难以招到合格的员工。

2. To lure workers employers are raising pay and sweetening benefits–and they still can’t find people in many cases

2.为了吸引招到有能力得员工，雇主们提高了薪酬，并提供丰厚的福利待遇。然而，在许多情况下，仍然无法招到合适的员工。

3. Businesses struggle to find workers able to show up on time finish a shift and pass a drug test

3 大企业难以找到那种不嗑药按时上班完成工作任务的员工。

4. Many businesses like Carlos Soto’s floral service are giving up work—and revenue—because they’re chronically understaffed

4.许多企业，如卡洛斯·索托花艺服务公司，由于长期人手不足，他们正在推掉业务——这也意味着不再有收入。

5. In some industries employers fault lousy immigration policies—and feel President Trump is making the problem worse

5.在某些产业中，雇主们将其归咎于讨厌的移民政策，并且认为特朗普总统使问题变得更为糟糕。

6. Workers for their part blame companies for offshoring jobs skimping on training and setting standards unrealistically high 

6.员工们则怪罪境外的企业不提供培训，还提出了不合理的高要求。



This is how business owners and managers responded to the question. 

这是（所采访的）企业领导和管理者的回答。

Source: Yahoo Finance survey conducted online via SurveyMonkey Jan. 29-30

来源：雅虎财经调查，1月29-30号由调查猴子网站的在线统计。

A diminishing pool of workers

工人人数正在缩减

Economists emphasize that key data doesn’t yet show workers are scarce throughout the economy. Job growth remains strong for instance with employers creating more than 180000 new jobs per month on average since the start of 2017. If workers were scarce everywhere that monthly average would be lower perhaps below 100000. And pay hasn’t risen broadly throughout the economy which is what normally happens when companies run short on staffing.

经济学家强调主要的经济数据还未显示出工人数量短缺的现象。需求岗位的增长仍然旺盛，比如，自2017年开始，平均每个月新增岗位达到18万个。如果在各地都出现工人短缺，或许这个数据将低于10万。通常员工短缺时，薪资会上升，然而，从整个宏观经济来看，工资还没有明显的涨幅。

“Businesses are grumbling about the inability to find qualified workers” says Ryan Sweet director of real-time economics at Moody’s Analytics. “But it’s isolated and concentrated regionally. I think what’s happening is it was easy to find qualified workers a few years ago. HR offices could wallpaper their offices with resumes. Now it’s harder. The pool of available workers is diminishing.”

穆迪公司实时经济部门的领导瑞安·斯威特说：“企业正抱怨无法招到合格的员工，但是他们招聘的地域却是孤立且集中的。我想情况是在几年前企业还是挺容易招到称心的员工的，人力资源部门收到的简历可以贴满办公室的整面墙。现在，不再容易了，可用的员工数量正在减少。”

A widespread labor crunch could be coming in a few years however threatening Trump’s goal of achieving annual growth rates of 3% or higher. And anecdotal reports today might be the first real sign of trouble. Today’s hiring difficulties also highlight fissures in the economy and in society more broadly including a failing education system in parts of the country poor policymaking in Washington and even cultural and generational divisions. Such festering problems might finally be causing tangible economic damage.

大范围的员工荒将在几年后到来，随之将影响到特朗普总统定下的年增长率3%甚至更高的目标。有民间报道，如今正是灾难开始的第一个信号。现今员工难求也凸显出经济和社会的割裂，批评诸如某些地区失败的教育系统、华府官员糟糕的政策以及文化和代际割裂的声音越来越广泛。这些问题的持续恶化将导致切实的经济破坏。

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It’s only going to get worse

情况只会变得更糟

Workers not surprisingly are more likely to blame employers for problems filling the ranks. In the Yahoo Finance survey conducted Jan. 29-30 51% of business owners and managers said there’s a shortage of workers in their area but only 37% of workers felt that way. Business owners said the main problem is that workers are unqualified. Workers said the biggest problem is companies don’t pay enough. Management and labor always see things differently needless to say a gap that persists even amid low unemployment. (Here are our detailed survey results.)

不出所料，工人们更可能将问题归咎于雇主。在雅虎财经1月29-30日的调查中，有51%的企业主和经理说，他们所在地区的工人短缺，但只有37%的工人有这种感觉。企业主说主要问题是工人资质不合格。工人们说最大的问题是公司的工资待遇不高。管理层和劳动阶层总是以不同的眼光看待问题，不用说，即使在低失业率的情况下，这种分歧依然存在。（这里是我们的详细调查结果。）

Policymakers haven’t had much to say about the state of America’s workforce and Congress isn’t seriously considering any legislation that would address the problems employers complain about. But on the front lines there are signs the problem may worsen to the point that it impedes economic growth possibly prompting government action.

政策制定者对美国的劳动力状况没什么好说，国会也没有认真考虑任何解决雇主们抱怨的问题的立法。但在一线，有迹象表明问题可能恶化到妨碍经济增长的程度，这可能促使政府采取行动。

“I think it’s going to get worse” says Jeremy Boka director of business development and sales for Perficut Site Management a landscaping company based in Des Moines Iowa. “If we had the people the economy would be able to spin faster.”

“我认为情况只会变得更糟，”总部设在爱荷华得梅因的Perficut园林绿化公司的业务发展及销售总监杰里米·波卡（Jeremy Boka）说，“如果我们有雇员，经济就能够更快地运转起来。”

Perficut has about 30 open positions it’s struggling to fill including field laborers foremen superintendents and managers. A dearth of workers is now cutting into revenue growth. “We are going to have to be extraordinarily sextive on what jobs we move forward with” Boka says. “If we could get more people we could grow 10% more this year.” The outlook however suggests workers will become even harder to hire not easier. Tech companies such as Apple Facebook and Google are expanding in the area and billions of dollars’ worth of new construction projects are underway. Those are all signs the competition for workers will intensify. As problems go it’s a good one to have. But it’s still a problem and it’s getting bigger.

Perficut公司约有30个职位难以填补，包括现场工人、领班、主管和经理。缺乏工人正在削减收入的增长。“我们得在招聘的职位上格外挑剔，”波卡说。“如果我们能招到更多的人，今年我们（公司的收益）可能还会增长10%。”然而，前景表明，工人将变得更难雇用，而并非更容易。像苹果、脸书和谷歌这样的科技公司正在这个领域扩张，数十亿美元的新建设项目正在进行中。这些都显示对工人的争夺竞争将加剧。当问题被解决，那么有竞争是好事。但问题仍然存在，而且越来越严重。


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ave
The problem is employers don't want to hire older people who happen to be plenty qualified for the job. Age discrimination is a huge issue.

问题是雇主们不愿意雇佣符合工作要求但年纪偏大的员工，年龄歧视是个大问题。

Karen
No training no benefits. How is a person supposed to afford medical care on what they pay? They want legal or illegal immigrants willing to work for minimum wage and not complain when the company stiffs them or has unsafe working conditions.

没有培训，也没有福利。员工怎么能用自己的工资买社保呢？老板们只想要那些不会抱怨工作枯燥，能忍受危险工作环境，要求最低工资的移民工人。

Anthony
If most companies hired full time with benefits decent pay 401K? We would see many applying for those types of scarce jobs in a heartbeat with no shortage of people in the workforce whatsoever. Instead Corporate America has become extremely greedy giving CEO and top ranks big huge bonuses pay salaries year after year.

如果大多数的公司都提供全职、支付体面薪水有福利的工作岗位话，我们会看到劳动力市场的很多人都会毫不犹豫去应聘这些稀有的岗位。然而美国公司变的越来越贪婪，年复一年给CEO们支付高额的薪水和奖金。

Barry
I remember in the 1980's when there was a shortage of computer programmers and corporations instituted internship programs where employees were sent to formal training for 6 months to learn the required skills at the company's expense. I think it's time for corporate America to quit whining and step up to the plate again.

我记得在20世纪80年代，程序员短缺，公司会自费腰包派遣员工去正式培训6个月以学习所需的技能。我认为现在是美国企业停止抱怨的时候了，应该再次站出来（担负员工培训费用了）。

Franke's Travel
Perhaps Carlos Soto should have offered MORE MONEY because few people want to work HARD and LONG hours for minimum wage or LESS for just a few days.

也许Carlos Soto应该支付更多薪水，因为很少有人愿意为了最低工资长时间辛勤工作。

RickT
One of the big problems is that employers don't want to have worker training programs like they did back in the 50s 60s and 70s.

其中的一个大问题是，雇主们不再像50、60乃至70年代那样提供培训了。

Tim
* There is no job an American won't do if payed non-immigrant market wages. 
* There are skilled workers over 50 who are classified as unskilled (ageism-related to increased insurance costs). 
* Many Job requirements are elevated to skills and experience to limit levels- companies don't want to maximize production and services. They'd rather just cater to the upper most profitable consumer in their market.

如果一个工作岗位提供的是非移民工人薪酬水平，没有哪个美国不愿意做。有很多工龄超过50年的熟练工人被当做生手给筛掉了（保险费用和年龄相关，年龄越大，保险费用越高）。许多工作要求越来越高，要求技巧和经验——公司并不希望最大化生产和服务，他们更愿意迎合市场上最具消费能力的客户（虽然人数少，但是更有利可图）。

Bill
I was layed off at 53. I begged people for jobs to no avail. I have a degree from a good private college and 30 yrs of work experience. Nothing. My age screwed me. I don’t do drugs show up on time and work late when needed.

我在53岁的时候被解雇了。我乞求他们别裁掉我却无济于事。我有优秀私立大学的学历，整整30年的工作经验，不嗑药，上班准时，如果需要也可以加班到很晚。我的年龄搞砸了我的求职。

Zyzzyx
I am 78 and retired but wave enough money at me and I'll go back to work~!

我今年78岁并退休了，但是如果给我足够的薪酬，我还是会回去工作的！

Dawgzilla
Pay more train more and they (workers) will come! Have benefits to offer too!!!! PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

支付更多（薪水），提供更多培训，然后员工们就会回来的！对了，还要提供福利！

ESS
Pay people a decent wage and they'll work. Slave labor was outlawed a very long ago but there remains a mentality that people should work for nothing and owe their soul to the company store. Keep the worker in the trenches til they drop dead on the job because they can't afford to retire. .... That's the problem!!

支付体面的薪水，人们就会工作的。奴隶制早就被废除了，但是（老板们）还是有这种心态，那就是员工们就该无偿工作，把他们的灵魂都贡献给公司。让员工一直工作，直到他们死于工作，因为要是退休了人们就没法活下去了......这就是我们现有的问题！！

So Many Questions
They might just have to...gasp... raise pay.

他们只要...（叹气）......提高工资就行了。

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James
55 years old two degrees in engineering and I worked for Boeing for a decade. Have not been able to get a real job in six years. Recruiters say I have been out of work too long and all engineering has changed since my last lay-off. Others say I transitioned to other work because I did peoples taxes last year or tried my hand at Insurance sales (only work anyone offers is bogus sales jobs).

我55岁，工程学双学位，为波音公司工作十年了。6年来没能找到一份正经的工作。招聘人员说我失业太长时间了，所有的工程技术自我上次被解雇以来已经发生大改变了。还有人让我转行做别的工作因为我去年帮人做过税收并且尝试过保险销售（唯一一个工作，其他的都是些虚假骗人的销售工作）。

Companies want people with 15 years experience in a software package thats only been out for ten years. Yes I am out of practice and now rusty but who did this to me. They chose to hire foreign workers who leave in five years and take everything they have learned back home to India or China in violation of ITAR. And then the companies scream they can't find anyone with experience with the new programs. They brought this on themselves while I am looking at forced early retirement.

公司需要的是对面世才十年的软件包有15年开发经验的人。是的，我是久不练习并且生疏迟钝了，但这是谁造成的？他们选择雇佣五年内就会带着所学的一切技能离开，并回到印度或中国老家的违反ITAR（国际贸易条例）的外国人。然后这些公司惊呼他们雇不到对新项目有经验的人了。当他们自作自受的时候我正被强制提前退休。
 
Ralph
Companies want skilled labor at minimum wage prices. Why work for that when you can do just as good collecting money from the government.

公司想要的是拿最低工资的技能熟练的劳工。当你能从政府那里领到同样多钱的时候，为什么还要工作呢？

I retired at 62 as an electrician and instrument technician at a large plant.. About 6 months after I retired I got a call wanting me to come back for a short time say about 6 months for a project. When I left I was making about $ 22 an hour with benefits they claimed I was costing the company about $ 40 an hour. I asked for $ 40 an hour to come back as I would not have any benefits and they did not want to pay that. So I turned them down. Did not need the money but would have worked at the higher rate but not for less.

我62岁时作为一名电工和设备技术员从一个大工厂退休。大约在我退休6个月之后，我接到一个电话希望我回去做一个大约为时6个月的短期项目。在我退休前我每小时赚22美元（有福利待遇），他们却声称公司支付我的薪水是大约每小时40美元。我要求每小时给我40美元我才会回来，因为我没有任何福利。他们不想付那笔钱，于是我拒绝了他们。不需要钱，但要我以更高的效率工作却付我更少的钱?（这是不可能的）

Just because a job does not require great skill if it is needed the companies will have to learn they will have to pay that to keep the help. In my early years I was doing a basically unskilled job. They had to pay plenty because of rotating shifts and weekend work. I checked into a job that required a skill set and a license by the government. That job paid $ 3 an hour less and no benefits. That was when I was making about $ 10 an hour.

仅仅因为一份工作不需要很高的技能，如果需要高技能的话，这些公司得明白，他们必须支付这项成本以维持救助。我年轻时做着一项基础的、无需技能的工作，公司他们需要为员工轮班和周末工作付很多钱。我后来签了一份需要成套技能和政府执照的工作。那份工作的时薪低了3美元并且没有任何福利。那时我每小时挣10美元。
 
Anthony
" … unskilled laborers needed to hammer nails …"
Wow -- what an arrogant twit. If it didn't take skill in hammering all of those nails (with either a real hammer or with a pneumatic nailing gun) … then maybe houses built in the United States for the past 20-25 years would be of better quality.

“……无技能的劳工应该去钉钉子……”
喔哦——好一个傲慢的蠢货啊！如果钉那些钉子（不管是用一把真正的锤子或者气动钉枪来钉钉子）不需要技能的话……那么美国在过去20年到25年内建造的房屋应该有更好的质量才是。

I spent about 25 years as a carpenter -- I learned from the best carpenters I've ever seen and eventually they worked with/for my partner and me during the boom days in LA (1980-1990+).

我当了大约25年的木工——我从我见过的最好的木匠那里学习技艺，并且最终在洛杉矶的经济繁荣时期(1980年-1990年左右)，他们与我和我的搭档一起干或为我和我的搭档工作。

Our lead frxr earned $2000 or more PER WEEK in the early-'80s because he was the best of the best -- and our lead joist carpenter did likewise. You see there's a lot more to being a real carpenter than just driving a nail … but from my continuing visits to construction sites in OR and WA it's just not there the way it needs to be.

我们的首席FRXR（网友不想说真人名，随意打的几个字母）在80年代初每周赚至少2千美元，因为他是精英中的精英——我们的首席搁栅木匠也是如此。你要知道一个真正的木匠不能只会钉钉子……但是从我在奥勒冈和华盛顿的建筑工地的持续访问来看，那里的实际情况并不如意。

A truly good carpenter does the job completely and correctly and safely … the FIRST TIME. There's no need for a pick-up carpenter to come back and fix his errors and omissions in his work or workmanship … and the job gets done in a safe manner so that both the carpenter and anyone else on the job site is not exposed to risks of injury or death due to his or her negligence.

一个真正的好木匠可以....在第一时间第一次的情况下完整、正确而安全地完成工作。对于一个拔尖的木匠来说，没有让他返工修复他工作或工艺中的错误和遗漏的必要……并且工作以一种安全的方式完成，因此工匠和施工现场的其他任何人都不会因为自己的粗心大意而面临伤亡风险。

So … mister supercilious twit -- speak with a bit more respect. After all we can't do without carpenters ---- but we can do without folks who call themselves 'journalists' or 'reporters.'

所以……目空一切的笨蛋先生，讲话放尊重点！毕竟我们不能没有木匠——但我们可以没有那些自称为“新闻记者”或“报道员”的人。

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Spec4
I found a job posted that was similar to the job I'd been doing for the previous five years. They also wanted a degree i didn't have but I figured I'd apply anyway. It only paid $12/hr. They did a telephone interview and at the end asked where I got my degree. I said I didn't have one and they said they couldn't hire me unless I got the degree. I applied to that job 2 more times over the next 18 months. I guess they would rather the work never get done.

我发现了一份与我过去做了五年的工作类似的工作。他们仍需要我所没有的学位，但我还是想试着应聘一下。
它的时薪只有12美元。他们对我做了一次电话面试，最后问我在哪里取得的学位。我说我没有，他们说除非我拿到学位，否则不能雇用我。在接下来的18个月里，我又连续2次申请那份工作。我想他们宁愿工作永远干不完（也不雇我吧）。

Thomas
The truth is that there's plenty of workers available however employers want h1b workers.
Ask any college grad how hard it is to get a job...

事实是，有很多可用的工人但是雇主想要有H1B签证（美国非移民签证：特殊专业人员/临时工作签证）的工人。
随便哪个大学毕业生都会告诉你找工作是件难事…

SeekPeace
I started working full time at 17. That first job paid $3.35 an hour (mw back then) but it was 45 hours a week (Overtime!) and when we got really busy it was 55 hours a week (More overtime!). It also included basic health insurance one week paid vacation and paid holidays. I was hired to do "grunt work" but after a couple months they started training me to operate equipment and to "do what the company does" (on the job training). By time I was 21 I was making $7.50 an hour which is roughly $18 -$19 an hour today. Where are those jobs today? They are still there...except that money that used to go to workers now goes to investors. Greed has rendered many jobs today not worth having. When you spend decades duing work you should not be surprised when workers finally tell you that you can keep your minimum wage part time jobs.

我从17岁起开始做全职工作。第一份工作的时薪是3.35美元（当时的薪资），但每周要工作45小时（加班！），当我们真的很忙时，每周就要工作55小时（超时加班！）。 它还包括一周带薪休假、带薪节假假期和基本的健康保险。他们开始雇我是做些枯燥乏味的工作，但几个月后他们开始训练我如何操作设备并“做公司业务的工作”（在职培训）。 到了21岁的时候，我的时薪是7.50美元，按照今天的标准来看大约是每小时18美元到19美元。 今天这些工作去哪里了？ 它们仍然存在......除了过去用于支付工人的钱都投向了投资者。 贪婪已经使许多工作不值得从事。当你花费数十年时间工作时，当工人最终告诉你可以去做些提供最低工资的兼职工作时，你不应该感到惊讶。

chuck
Companies get what they pay for! Craigslist is FREE therefore good luck.

一分钱一分货，公司薪资待遇低就只能雇到那样水平的工人！ Craigslist（一个网上大型免费分类广告网站，该网站上没有图片，只有密密麻麻的文字，标着各种生活信息，是个巨大无比的网上分类广告加BBS的组合）上发招聘广告是免费的，因此祝你好运。

If the cheapskate business owners would have contacted a staffing firm they would have had 6 people there the next day. Issue is those people would cost 30 bucks and hour.
Also they could have offered more money. 
For the construction workers just offer more money and you will not get scrubs!

如果小气的企业主联系人力资源公司招聘员工，他们第二天就能够雇到6个人。 但问题是那些人力资源人员的花费是30美元每小时（暗讽找不到雇员是不花钱打招聘广告）。还有他们要是提供更高的薪资待遇就能（解决员工荒问题了）。对于建筑工人而言，（公司）要是提供更高的薪资待遇，他们是不会招到没经验没技能的实习生的！

Metal-X
I am hiring now I am looking for people who have a graduate degree in computer science and have a minimum 10 years of experience in the field already. In addition they must pass a drug test a criminal background check. On top that we will need to interview in person at least 3 people you have worked with in the past 5 years. Then we will perform checks on your credit background and will review your social media postings. Lastly we will need you to come in and interact with our current staff to see if you are a "good fit". Once all of that is completed and we are satisfied you are the perfect person for the job we will hire you.

我正在招聘人，寻找拥有计算机科学研究生学位并且在该领域至少有10年经验的人员。 另外他们必须通过毒品测试和犯罪背景检查。 最重要的是，我们需要亲自面试过去5年中与你合作过的至少3个人。 然后我们会对您的信用背景进行检查，并会审查您的社交媒体发布情况。 最后，我们需要您进入并与我们现在的员工互动，看看您是否“合适”。 一旦完成了所有这些，然后我们感到满意的话，那么作为该工作岗位的绝佳人选，我们将聘用您。

Huh I wonder why I am having a hard time finding employees!

嗯，我不明白为什么我招不到员工呢！

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Josh
What's awesome about the free marketplace is that employers are able to up their wages to pull the good employees to them... Instead of offering minimum wages for shoddy workers who will disappoint you can pay them a couple extra dollars to pull in the good labor... It's amazing how the labor pool is shrinking because the good labor is getting snatched up by employers who are willing to pay the extra buck rather than being forced to!

自由市场最让人叫绝的就是雇主能通过提高工资来招聘到好的雇员。你应该多花点钱雇佣好的员工......而不是仅仅提供最低工资来雇让你失望的烂员工。令人惊讶的是，劳动力储备在萎缩正是因为雇主们愿意付更多的薪水来招到好员工而不是被迫而为。

Viking
I've quit my last jobs due to poor management. Some issues....sexual harassment overwork discrimination hostile work environment lack of HR and supervision no one listening. I had perfect attendance excellent work always on time great people skills. I wasn't alone either.

由于管理太烂，我已经辞了好几份工作了。各种问题层出不穷.......性骚扰、过劳工作、歧视、不友好的工作氛围、缺少人事管理和监管以及没人愿意听取意见。我严格出勤，工作出色，从不迟到，交际能力突出。我的情况不是个例。

Oh Crap
I call BS!! I have a friend who's very qualified in IT on the business side and she is either not getting offers or they're not offering enough money.

这新闻瞎扯淡。我有个朋友是IT行里的高手，但还是找不到好的工作，能找到的工作都是低薪水的。

dmom05
As baby boomers retire there are going to be a lot less people in the work force. Especially since Republicans want to cut down on immigration. Good for employees for a change bad for businesses. They will now have to start paying decent wages to keep good employees.

随着婴儿潮一代逐步退休，劳动力大军正在萎缩。特别是共和党人还要减少移民数量。对劳工来说大环境在变好，但对企业不是好事。企业不得不提高工资来维持招聘到优秀的员工。

Joanne
Always had a job and been in management w 10+ yrs of experience. Clients compliment my work. Tried to change to Tech and I have the skills. My pay is like a recent college grad while living expense is now doubled. Sent out 200 resumes no response. A Client of mine have less experience and performs less got a job at Whole Food tech related because she knew someone there. Bottom line IT'S WHO YOU KNOW NOT WHAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF 90% OF THE TIME. Unless you are one of those Wiz kids. SAD TO SAY!

一直在工作，从事管理已经超过十年了。客户都称赞我的工作出色。曾尝试转行做科技行业，而且我也有相应的技能。 然而我的薪水水平却只和最近的大学毕业生差不多，而生活成本已经翻番了。发过两百份简历，无人回应。我的一个客户，经验和工作能力都不如我，却在Whole Foods(美国知名的有机食品商店）找到了工作，就因为她有关系。简而言之：不得不认， 90%的情况下，人际关系比个人能力有用，除非你是天才！

BjornBorkBorkBork
First off there is not a shortage of people. What you have is a shortage of people willing to work hard and a shortage of companies willing to train people. You can fill more of the manual labor jobs if you cut off those taking advantage of government programs as well.

首先，并不缺人。缺的是愿意工作的人和愿意培训人的公司。如果能中断人们利用政府项目养活自己，体力工作劳动力就会得到补充。