Local Agency: There ARE Jobs
While many people have been looking for jobs for months, some employers say they can't find people to fill job openings they have.
Todd Palmer, owner of Diversified Industrial Staffing, based in Troy, said he's having a hard time filling dozens of good benefit-paying jobs in the automotive to aerospace industry.
He said out-of-work job seekers tell him they don't want to get off unemployment.
"They're giving us a lot of creative excuses, such as 'Well, I've paid into the unemployment system and I'm entitled to two years off,'" Palmer said.
"Anybody who knows it really, it's an employer pay tax not an employee pay tax, and they've essentially paid nothing in," Palmer said.
They've adjusted their lifestyle down to living at unemployment and they're going to live on it as long as they can, he said.
Palmer said other excuses for not taking a job include wanting the summer off or not wanting to go back to work unless they'll make the same amount as their previous job.
Palmer said he has 62 openings right now, for welders machinists and other positions. The jobs pay $10 to $30 per hour, plus benefits after 30 days.
For information on how to apply for these jobs, you can contact Diversified Staffing at (877) 867-8233 or visit www.diversifiedindustrialstaffing.com.
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