| Rick Haglund's latest column is most interesting. While there may be some truth to that, employers can afford to let positions they’d like to fill go vacant because of tepid economic growth, Erickcek said. Many employers also are waiting to see if Congress will keep the country from going over a “fiscal cliff” created by spending cuts and tax increases scheduled to take effect at the end of the year.
In other words, companies want workers to take bottom-of-the-barrel wages, and are willing to let vacancies stay open because they want to see if Congress' most obstinate chamber will allow the austerity bomb to explode. |
