5 of America's fastest growing jobs pay less than $25,000

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27. It's surprisingly tough to find employable and qualified people

It compounds the problem when a large portion of job seekers are ineligible for the available opportunity. We sometimes have a hard time finding and retaining good people. Most business owners and managers I know have similar experiences across different industries. It is amazing how many people are either unemployable or can't last more than a year without getting fired.

Some examples:
- Many trades require driving a company vehicle. Many people that apply either have had a DUI in the last 5 years or don't have a drivers license for whatever reason.
- State and Federal Contracts/Bonding - Many can't pass a background check/investigation for a laundry list of reasons.
- Drug testing - Half the people we have fired are for this reason. Usually tied to or triggered by suspected theft of company property when it involves stimulants or barbiturates.
- Some just cannot handle working without close supervision, basically they need a babysitter and cannot function independently.
- Some are simply lazy or have no attention span or can't be disconnected from social media/video game for an 8 hour shift.

When we find a dedicated, responsible, experienced employee that has a clean criminal and driving record, we do everything within reason (and sometimes beyond) to keep and take care of them. There are problems with that group too though, they can easily get a job anywhere and quickly so they are harder to retain especially when they get a "the grass is greener over there" idea (which I'm guilty of myself).