{"id":376,"date":"2012-07-07T17:09:13","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T21:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/?p=376"},"modified":"2014-07-27T02:35:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T06:35:25","slug":"there-never-was-a-skills-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/there-never-was-a-skills-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"There Never Was a Skills Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s quite refreshing to find out that now even the Wall Street Journal <\/a>is supporting the very statement I have made for years. There is not now, nor was there ever a skills gap.<\/p>\n

I love this quote from the article:<\/p>\n

\u00a0I had an employer write to me the other day saying they had a skills gap, and they really did. It wasn\u2019t wages, because they did market wage surveys, and they were paying what everybody else was paying, and all the employers, by the way, are having a skills gap, so it\u2019s a big problem. Well, if everybody\u2019s got the same problem, and you\u2019re all paying the same wage, it\u2019s probably the case that you\u2019re not paying enough. So the way markets work isn\u2019t you set the wage and say, \u201cWell, this is good enough.\u201d You pay what it takes to get the people you need, and if wages have to go up, then so be it, right? You wouldn\u2019t say, for example, that there\u2019s a shortage of diamonds. Diamonds are very expensive. They cost a lot, but you can buy all the diamonds you want as long as you\u2019re willing to pay.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is almost the same example I gave a recruiter many years ago.<\/p>\n

Recruiter:<\/strong> \u201cWe are paying market rate, $40\/hr on-site in NJ.\u201d<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> \u201cThat\u2019s not market rate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recruiter:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s all the employer is willing to pay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> \u201cI am only willing to pay 50 cents per gallon for gasoline, go get me all I want.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recruiter:<\/strong> \u201cI can\u2019t\u201d<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> \u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n

Recruiter:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s over $3 at the pump!\u201d<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> \u201cThen why are you shopping around $40\/hr when it costs around $90\/hr just to live in that part of NJ?\u201d<\/p>\n

Recruiter:<\/strong> \u201cThat\u2019s all we have for a billing rate?\u201d<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> \u201cAnd you feel that justifies your wasting everybody\u2019s time?\u201d<\/p>\n

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