job vacancies surge to record high - 8 million

[Demovictory9]

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/11/job-openings-leaped-above-8-million-in-march-a-new-record-high.html

[TraceNC]

1. Good. Make it higher.

[Skittles]

2. which means they should RAISE WAGES TO COMPETE FOR EMPLOYEES

we will see

[Funtatlaguy]

7. Of course it does. But the GOP will somehow make this Biden's fault.

[Phoenix61]

3. I wonder how many of those jobs are full-time.

I know a lot of retired people who worked a second job for the extra money and something to do but they haven’t gone back to work. It’s not worth the risk to them.

[Freethinker65]

6. Yep. I waited 2+ months to go back to a part time retail job.

They could not guarantee enough hours to return earlier than I did and there was no reason for me financially to risk going back early. My husband has been working from home now for over a year and honestly it was good for my sanity to go back to work when I did.

[stillcool]

4. all of those people lost their jobs...

and I guess that wouldn't count all the people that moved on to greener pastures.

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. All for a market that values labor. nt

[Renew Deal]

8. What kinds of jobs?

Is it the service sector reopening?

[llmart]

9. People should use this opportunity to demand a higher wage.

If not now, then when? If they're so desperate for employees someone interviewing who is offered the job at a low hourly rate should just say, "No thanks. But I would accept an offer of $15.00 an hour (or whatever." It's their market now. I'm assuming most of these are lower wage service type jobs. I saw a job outside my Kroger that said $11.40 an hour to start. I'd say, "Up it to $15.00 and I may consider it." If enough people do that then these greedy corporations would eventually have to pay up.