Wherever I travel these days, business owners tell me crazy stories about the skills shortage.
There is the unnamed and newly renovated hotel that advertised 80 new jobs and received a total of eight applications.There is the fancy unnamed French restaurant that removed half its tables because it didn’t have enough staff. Four of the last eight hotels I stayed in apologised for only cleaning the rooms every third night. One luxury resort offered a complimentary cocktail at the bar if you forwent daily cleaning. I’ve spoken to IT and consulting businesses that don’t even bother advertising for jobs since it’s impossible to find staff anyways. One real estate company outsourced most of its repetitive digital tasks to the Philippines.
