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If you're not raising wages, can you really complain about a "skills gap?"
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If you're not raising wages, can you really complain about a "skills gap?"

Paradoxical.

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Ted Bauer
Jul 12, 2018
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Little screenshot from an article my friend sent me:

Read the end part.

I've written before about the skills gap -- I think it's largely a joke. It's usually the result of hiring managers and recruiters not being on the same page + companies not willing to pay for talent. It's much less that the skills don't exist and much more that people don't know how …

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