https://padlet.com/clelandmason/bycwzvda57o6 Cleland, Activity 1.1.3 en-us 2017-09-01 15:08:00 UTC 2017-09-07 15:43:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Growing.png clelandmason https://padlet.com/clelandmason/bycwzvda57o6/wish/184226907 The skills gap is the difference in skills that the employee has and what is required by the job.]]> 2017-09-01 15:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/clelandmason/bycwzvda57o6/wish/184226907 clelandmason https://padlet.com/clelandmason/bycwzvda57o6/wish/184227784 Weak-willed Business Owners created the skills gap to find someone to blame for their impossible standards of people to hire not being met. The skills gap is affected by everyone in the corporate world, as they all have skills that they could be learning to do their job better.]]> 2017-09-01 15:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/clelandmason/bycwzvda57o6/wish/184227784 clelandmason https://padlet.com/clelandmason/bycwzvda57o6/wish/184228617 https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/08/18/the-most-dangerous-skills-gap-of-all/#17802fc642d3

https://www.inc.com/magazine/201404/cait-murphy/skills-gap-in-the-labor-force.html

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/dont-blame-a-skills-gap-for-lack-of-hiring-in-manufacturing/

https://www.td.org/Publications/Magazines/The-Public-Manager/Archives/2009/10/Bridging-the-Skills-Gap-Part-I

]]> 2017-09-01 15:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/clelandmason/bycwzvda57o6/wish/184228617 clelandmason https://padlet.com/clelandmason/bycwzvda57o6/wish/184230518 In 2009, there was a reported 47% less job openings in manufacturing, since then, the NET born Generation has come around and offered more talent in some fields, helping to close that gap. However, Baby Boomers will retire and that will widen the skills gap again. Changes in strategy also impacts the skills gap, as it causes the skills necessary to do a job to change, and thus takes time for the work force to learn the needed skills to begin with.]]> 2017-09-01 15:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/clelandmason/bycwzvda57o6/wish/184230518 clelandmason https://padlet.com/clelandmason/bycwzvda57o6/wish/184233804 Today, the skills gap is reported by 67% of companies, though Ben Casselman, the chief economics writer for FiveThirtyEight.com, says that "[o]ne possibility is that companies got spoiled during the recession, when they could pick and choose between an almost unlimited number of available workers. " This shows one of possibly many reasons that companies are complaining against a skills gap, as they just do not have the amount of people to hire as they once did]]> 2017-09-01 15:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/clelandmason/bycwzvda57o6/wish/184233804