Job seekers line up to meet with recruiters during the Job Hunters Boot Camp in San Mateo, California. Getty Images The gap between open jobs and unemployed workers is about as wide as the one between the kinds of available positions and the qualifications that the workforce collectively has to fill them. A recent survey […]
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Manufacturing jobs ‘tough to fill,’ weak spot in employment picture
In a year that featured otherwise solid job growth, manufacturing stood out as one sector that lagged behind. It’s not that the jobs aren’t there: There were still 477,000 open positions as of October, down less than 5% from the year-ago level, according to the Labor Department’s most recent data. Instead, it’s more a case […]