Then there is the COVID-19 experience that has impacted so many, including the nursing profession. See this article posted on Emergency Management: “Nurse Shortage Plaguing Hospitals in Post-COVID Recovery.”
There are worker shortages everywhere! Long waiting lists used to exist for firefighters and law enforcement. That is not the case today. Everybody is chasing too few applicants. Personally, I think that immigration is a solution, especially for lower paying positions where we just need the dishwashers to do their part.
I was at a restaurant several weeks ago and there were empty tables. The manager said that he only had two servers and that was the constraining issue on space and service. I might have mentioned this before. When I was at the hospital in the last couple of weeks I asked a nurse, “Where is the new tower that is supposed to be built on the medical campus?” We looked out the window and she pointed. Then as she walked away, she said, “I don’t know where they will get the nurses to staff it.”
At the end of the linked article there was this item I’ll quote: “The biggest thing people need to do generally is to recognize and understand that some of the after-effects of COVID are probably not temporary, and you need to think about them as part of the way you manage and organize ... going forward.”
For the time being I think that is good advice. My grandson just got a job offer for when he graduates with an electrical engineering degree in May. Rapid advancement, good starting pay, good benefits, and tuition payoff funding if he stays two to three years. Current job seekers have the advantage!
Many jobs chasing too few candidates!
