Difficulties of finding a job in Memphis In the article “why companies aren’t getting the employee they need,” Peter Cappelli argues that, the causes that companies aren’t getting the employees they need are, the employers themselves. He gave a number of reasons like, “affordability, training shortage, and necessity of experience” (511-512). Then, he recommends three courses in which workers can get the expertise they require. “Work with education providers, promotion, and, apprenticeship” (512-514) are the course (511-514). The difficulty of not finding skilled worker is also a problem in Memphis. Some of the difficulties of finding a job in Memphis are, Small allowance, lack of skill, and employers demand more from candidate.
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Now a day, the skills required for a job aren’t like old times. Technological changes make previously acquired skills obsolete. Candidates don’t have the required technological skills to cope with the changing working environment. This lack of skill will create problems in the job finding process, as well as, increase amount of layoffs. In old times, to find a job, you go to the places where they are hiring and fill out some form. But now, everything is online. It is how well you sell yourself on your résumé, brings the job you want. Here in Memphis, this is a major problem. People can’t apply a job just because they don’t have the skill to write resume or not know how to apply on-line. Also, In the working environment, new skills are required. Those who didn’t update themselves in terms of knowledge, are will be laid off or not promoted. cappelli states, “If a job candidates don’t have the skills you need, make them go to school before you hire them.” (512) and he adds “Going back to school isn’t just for few new hires, either; it also works for internal candidates” (512). ….example and detail …show more content…
They have plenty qualification criteria. For them, getting the right people means, identifying people with the right skill and qualities. But, in the real world, it’s hard to find the best fit. Cappelli states, the genuine issue is rigidity. Discovering contender to fit dislike discovering cylinder to fit motor, where the prerequisites are exact and can 't be differed (511). companies want to make investments in talent, but the inherent costs of that talent also make them wary of hiring anyone but the absolute best. The need to find the right talent, and the concern over cost, often leads to employers producing job descriptions too difficult to fit in. Here in Memphis, if we look the online job searching websites, looking from outside, looks like there are so many companies that need employee, but the qualifications are hard to fit in. for example, any entry-level position requiring at least two years of experience is common to see. No one could be expected to have experience for an entry-level. Cappelli claims “to get the job you have to have that job already” (511). if a chance is given for unexperienced, bright high school dropout single mother with training, one day she might
Now a day, the skills required for a job aren’t like old times. Technological changes make previously acquired skills obsolete. Candidates don’t have the required technological skills to cope with the changing working environment. This lack of skill will create problems in the job finding process, as well as, increase amount of layoffs. In old times, to find a job, you go to the places where they are hiring and fill out some form. But now, everything is online. It is how well you sell yourself on your résumé, brings the job you want. Here in Memphis, this is a major problem. People can’t apply a job just because they don’t have the skill to write resume or not know how to apply on-line. Also, In the working environment, new skills are required. Those who didn’t update themselves in terms of knowledge, are will be laid off or not promoted. cappelli states, “If a job candidates don’t have the skills you need, make them go to school before you hire them.” (512) and he adds “Going back to school isn’t just for few new hires, either; it also works for internal candidates” (512). ….example and detail …show more content…
They have plenty qualification criteria. For them, getting the right people means, identifying people with the right skill and qualities. But, in the real world, it’s hard to find the best fit. Cappelli states, the genuine issue is rigidity. Discovering contender to fit dislike discovering cylinder to fit motor, where the prerequisites are exact and can 't be differed (511). companies want to make investments in talent, but the inherent costs of that talent also make them wary of hiring anyone but the absolute best. The need to find the right talent, and the concern over cost, often leads to employers producing job descriptions too difficult to fit in. Here in Memphis, if we look the online job searching websites, looking from outside, looks like there are so many companies that need employee, but the qualifications are hard to fit in. for example, any entry-level position requiring at least two years of experience is common to see. No one could be expected to have experience for an entry-level. Cappelli claims “to get the job you have to have that job already” (511). if a chance is given for unexperienced, bright high school dropout single mother with training, one day she might