Labor Shortages – August 2024
It’s August 2024 and we are still seeing massive labor shortages. Wait? What? Did we say labor shortages right when everyone was hollering about a surge in unemployment? What’s going…
Skilled Labor Shortages = Chaos
Earlier this week, we wrote a post about the current 72.376 million people on social security. Today, Crowdstrike uploaded a patch that crippled computers world wide. No doubt there will…
June 2024 – Social Security Enrollments
The social security office released the June 2024 snapshot and it’s another jump in enrollments. For June 2024, there were 135,000 net new social security enrollees over the age of…
May 2024 – Social Security Enrollments
The social security office released the May 2024 snapshot and it’s another jump in enrollments. For May 2024, there were 157,000 net new social security enrollees over the age of…
Labor Shortages: Hawaii
The summer vacation season is upon us and we like to conduct labor shortage checks BEFORE we book travel a destination. This week we looked at Hawaii and we found…
April 2024 – Social Security Enrollments
The social security office released the April 2024 snapshot and it’s a jumbo jump in enrollments. For April 2024, there were 195,000 new social security enrollees over the age of…
Labor Shortages: Farm To Table
Two articles discussing how labor shortages are impacting farming and the eventual effect on restaurants. From Texas Standard: Diane Charlton, an associate professor at Montana State University who studies where…
March 2024 – Social Security Enrollments
The social security office released the March 2024 snapshot and it’s a huge jump in enrollments. For March 2024, there were 148,000 new social security enrollees over the age of…
Labor Shortages: The Canary In The Airline
You may have heard of the “canary in the coalmine” which was a method used by miners deep inside a mine, carrying a canary, to determine if there was toxic…
Japan, Russia, Spain In Race To Hire Foreign Workers
It’s March 2024 and the western world labor shortage continues to climb unabated. We wrote about dire consequences hitting the airlines in Labor Shortage Consequences: Aviation but the problems aren’t…