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Job vacancies surge past one million in new record

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Re: Job vacancies surge past one million in new record

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Theory: A lot of people have decided to be unemployed during COVID times. Even 5% of population deciding this will result in tremendous labour shortage. I think as people started staying home, many are realizing that they can actually get away with lot less or even no work.

Re: Job vacancies surge past one million in new record

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> "We advertised locally for 70 fruit-pickers and we had nine applications. On follow-up, only one was still available... in terms of recruiting locally, we failed completely," says Ali Capper, the owner of Stocks Farm in Suckley

That's not what her web site says. https://stocksfarm.net/vacancies-2/

> There are currently NO vacancies at Stocks Farm.

> Thank you to everyone who has applied for roles. Due to an amazing amount of applicants, we have been flooded with enquiries. We have closed the April jobs and will reopen for August some time in the summer.

Re: Job vacancies surge past one million in new record

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"We advertised locally for 70 fruit-pickers and we had nine applications. On follow-up, only one was still available... in terms of recruiting locally, we failed completely," says Ali Capper, the owner of Stocks Farm in Suckley and chair of British Apples and Pears. At her orchard, harvest has just started. It must be done quickly and requires many pairs of hands. Ali had to turn to specialist recruitment firms and h…

> "We advertised locally for 70 fruit-pickers and we had nine applications. On follow-up, only one was still available... in terms of recruiting locally, we failed completely," says Ali Capper, the owner of Stocks Farm in Suckley

That's not what her web site says. https://stocksfarm.net/vacancies-2/

> There are currently NO vacancies at Stocks Farm.

> Thank you to everyone who has applied for roles. Due to an amazing amount of applicants, we have been flooded with enquiries. We have closed the April jobs and will reopen for August some time in the summer.

Re: Job vacancies surge past one million in new record

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"We advertised locally for 70 fruit-pickers and we had nine applications. On follow-up, only one was still available... in terms of recruiting locally, we failed completely," says Ali Capper, the owner of Stocks Farm in Suckley and chair of British Apples and Pears. At her orchard, harvest has just started. It must be done quickly and requires many pairs of hands. Ali had to turn to specialist recruitment firms and h…

> "We advertised locally for 70 fruit-pickers and we had nine applications. On follow-up, only one was still available... in terms of recruiting locally, we failed completely," says Ali Capper, the owner of Stocks Farm in Suckley That's not what her web site says. https://stocksfarm.net/vacancies-2/ > There are currently NO vacancies at Stocks Farm. > Thank you to everyone who has applied for roles. Due to an amazing…

That website might be stale, it's been saying the same for over a year: https://web.archive.org/web/20200912125155/https://stocksfar...

Re: Job vacancies surge past one million in new record

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eliminating minimum wage would also prevent inflation.

Not when you run out of children to employ :)

Minimum wage is completely different than child labor laws.
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