Is it OK to be picky with jobs?

It’s good to be selective in your search for a job. Being selective means you are evaluating your options and pursuing those most suitable to you and your goals. It’s bad to be picky in your search for a job.

Should you accept any job offer?

If you have positive feelings about it, then you are likely making the right choice to accept it. If you feel unsure, continue to research the company. It’s okay to ask the employer more questions about the role to determine if it’s the ideal job for you.

Can you be picky about your first job?

While your first job probably won’t be the last position or company you work for in your career, keep in mind that it is an important stepping stone. So be a little picky, and make sure that any job offer you take is offering you good experience or the opportunity to gain transferrable skills.

Why are there so few job candidates these days?

And then there are a number of people who say that the most ready explanation for the absence of candidates is that employers are offering not very interesting jobs, and if they raised wages sooner or later you’ll get people to either go back into the work force or move out of less good jobs.”

Do employers act like they have too many workers?

A recent study from Harvard underscores a longstanding paradox in the labor market. Employers say they can’t find workers, and act like they have too many. Companies claim to need new workers more than ever.

Why do governments complain about talent shortages so much?

They do it because the nature of bureaucracy is to reinforce itself against outsiders and new ideas. Leaders around the world find it easier to complain about “talent shortages” than to look at their own accountability for designing jobs that living humans can fill, and then finding those people.

Why do companies do it the way they do it?

They do it because they put a lot of time and money into the current process over the past two decades, and they don’t want to change things now. They do it because the pain their broken recruiting apparatus causes them is “soft” pain. It’s human pain, and they cannot put a dollar figure next to it.

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