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DAE notice how much harder it got to fill a simple job opening in the past 18 months?
I run a small landscaping company here in Boise with about 12 guys on the crew. Two years ago, when I posted a job for a general laborer at $17 an hour, I would get maybe 25 applications in a week. Last month I posted the same job at $19 an hour and got 3. Three applications in 10 days. I called one guy back and he told me he had 4 other offers on the table and went with a company that pays for his boots and gives him Fridays off. So I started asking around at the local supply yard and a few other owners said the same thing happened to them. One guy who runs a concrete crew said he lost two good workers to a warehouse job that pays less but has air conditioning. I ended up raising the pay to $21 and throwing in a gas card, and I finally got someone hired after 5 weeks. Has anyone else seen the pool of applicants dry up this fast, or is it just something in my area?
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drew96517d ago
Figure the whole hiring game flipped because workers finally got the upper hand and they know it. Give it a few more years and you'll see guys shopping around for stuff like boot money or a four day week the same way we used to chase a bigger check. Seems like the days of just posting a wage and having people line up are done for good.
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