It's Hard to Find People With the Necessary Skills for Retail and Restaurant Work

That's the story that we may hear based on new data on job openings and hires. The data showed a rise in the number of job openings in August, coupled with a fall in the number of hires.

This might seem to fit the skills mismatch story that many folks are pushing. The idea is that the jobs are out there, but unemployed workers just don't have the necessary skills to fill them. If that's the case, then we apparently need more people with the skills to work as retail clerks and table servers.

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