What’s Really Behind the “Great Resignation?”

The past two years have seen the most dramatic shift in the labor market in at least a century, or maybe ever. But now, the U.S. is facing a very different labor crisis: the Great Resignation. How big is the problem really?

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Shortages Prompt New Recruitment Techniques to Fill the Gaps

In an unprecedented surge of teacher and staff shortages in California, one school district is sending flyers home in students’ lunchboxes, telling parents it’s “now hiring.” Another is seeking potential employees by hosting a job fair in a Home Depot parking lot. Elsewhere, principals are filling in as crossing guards, teachers are being offered signing bonuses and schools are moving back to online learning.

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