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JHB

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14. "Panic" over what? Having to (gasp!) pay people more?

Reply to DCBob (Original post)

Fri Mar 2, 2012, 08:00 PM

Mar 2012

My, God, won't someone think of the maximized profit margin! How can we redistribute wealth upward as fast as possible if we have to shell out more for (eeeewwwww!) employees!

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U.S. companies may experience “a hiring panic” in the next few months. [View all] DCBob Mar 2012 OP

True. Businesses have been tightening their belt for so long Fawke Em Mar 2012 #1

kick Dawson Leery Mar 2012 #2

Are they still setting up impossible criteria for applicants? csziggy Mar 2012 #3

There are way too many h1-b visas issued.. DCBob Mar 2012 #5

Yes and it has been a decade and more the the impossible criteria have been used csziggy Mar 2012 #8

I work in IT. DCBob Mar 2012 #10

I used to work in IT. 20 years I chased main frame skills. Then came the small systems. Vincardog Mar 2012 #12

Its troubling how companies pigenhole software/network engineers based on past experience. DCBob Mar 2012 #20

The MOST important skills have nothing to do with syntax. They are the ability to Vincardog Mar 2012 #23

Definitely - everyone I know and have talked to on the internet in IT csziggy Mar 2012 #17

they're just doing the jobs Americans won't do Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #21

businesses are hiring "revenue producers" not support staff. nashville_brook Mar 2012 #4

not just your arena, either... ProdigalJunkMail Mar 2012 #25

Hats off to the workers who have had to pick up the slack for those corporations refusing to hire... midnight Mar 2012 #6

Yes indeed, many have been working 50-60+ hours to cover for those laid off. DCBob Mar 2012 #11

I wonder if Occupy is starting to scare them a little........ socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #7

Hiring panic? anti-alec Mar 2012 #9

Uh-huh. They're panicked they might have to start paying decent wages. KamaAina Mar 2012 #13

"Panic" over what? Having to (gasp!) pay people more? JHB Mar 2012 #14

They've been promising a hiring boom for the past 10 years because of all the baby boomers retiring. Brickbat Mar 2012 #15

Baby boomers cannot afford to retire - they've lost their retirement money csziggy Mar 2012 #18

I can only hope and pray magical thyme Mar 2012 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author dmallind Mar 2012 #19

They are going to have to start paying people more Aerows Mar 2012 #22

You know what pisses me off about this? Businesses have learned to push the employees to the brink jillan Mar 2012 #24