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[QUOTE]North of 8 - 5/20/2021  10:52 AM

Frankly, I was somewhat surprised by the findings but they had the data and had put a lot of work into. Numbers were real. Even though I had been part of one of the groups working on it, the numbers were stark.  The loss of baby boomers from the work force was part of it, lower birth rates were part of it, talent drain from the highly educated leaving for other areas was part of it.   I have to give the folks from Mercury credit that at a time when there were lots of unemployed people, their business was struggling, they looked forward and saw a problem looming.[/QUOTE]

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Posted 5/20/2021 10:52 AM (#980052 - in reply to #980049)
Subject: Re: boat shortage

Some parts of the labor shortage have been predicted for a long time. During the last recession, back in 2008 or so, I was working in human resources in Fond du Lac, home of Mercury. Unemployment was very high, Mercury itself had been losing money but their HR department teamed up with the local Association of Commerce because of a concern over future labor shortages in the area. Surveys were done of all large employers and a few years later with help from the UW and others, there was a presentation for employers at Marion University. The results showed that there would be an absolute shortage of workers with 5 to 10 years. Not qualified workers, workers period. Mercury's average production floor worker at that time was in their middle 50s.

Frankly, I was somewhat surprised by the findings but they had the data and had put a lot of work into. Numbers were real. Even though I had been part of one of the groups working on it, the numbers were stark. The loss of baby boomers from the work force was part of it, lower birth rates were part of it, talent drain from the highly educated leaving for other areas was part of it. I have to give the folks from Mercury credit that at a time when there were lots of unemployed people, their business was struggling, they looked forward and saw a problem looming.