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2018’s challenge: Too many jobs, not enough workers

December 29, 2017/

Employers nationwide are grappling with a problem that threatens to stall economic growth: vacancies — and lots of them.

In Maine, where flurries can fall as late as April, the state transportation department is struggling to find snowplow drivers, thanks to the increasingly tight labor market. Ski resorts in the state, meanwhile, are still looking for employees to run the slopes.

By Danielle Paquette

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/12/28/2018s-challenge-too-many-jobs-not-enough-workers/?utm_term=.854d068be7a0

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