{"id":9387,"date":"2012-07-26T15:11:47","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T21:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=9387"},"modified":"2012-07-26T15:11:47","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T21:11:47","slug":"a-weak-economy-or-inadequately-trained-workers-whats-to-blame-for-joblessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/07\/26\/a-weak-economy-or-inadequately-trained-workers-whats-to-blame-for-joblessness\/","title":{"rendered":"A Weak Economy Or Inadequately Trained Workers: What’s To Blame For Joblessness?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emilie Ritter Saunders \/ StateImpact Idaho<\/p>

Western States CAT, which sells and repairs Caterpillar equipment, has established its own training program to make sure it has enough qualified workers.<\/p><\/div>\n

For years now, labor economists <\/del>and many of us who have felt the recession’s effects have puzzled over the U.S. jobless rate.\u00a0 When will it come down, and why hasn’t it fallen more already?\u00a0 One explanation is the so-called skills gap.\u00a0 That’s the idea that employers are ready to hire, but they’re having a hard time finding workers with the training to meet their needs.<\/p>\n

It’s an argument that has generated quite a few counterarguments<\/a>.\u00a0 Are there actually not enough machinists or welders out there?\u00a0 Or are employers simply holding out until they find the perfect employee, someone they won’t have to train and bring up to speed?\u00a0 Are the wages they’re offering too low to attract skilled job seekers?\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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