Employers struggle to find workers after over a year of pandemic

Help wanted signs and job postings are popping up everywhere, as many are using the pandemic to consider new occupations and a different approach to work.

Help wanted signs and job postings are popping up everywhere, as many are using the pandemic to consider new occupations and a different approach to work. Arizona PBS talked about the current landscape with Sharon Irwin-Foulon, executive director of W. P. Carey Career Management and Employer Engagement.

In this story aired July 12, 2021, on Arizona PBS:

It’s the suite. Compensation matters — is it a five-day work week or a four-day? What’s the composition of work-life balance, benefits, flexibility on my lifestyle … all of those pieces, I think it’s definitely a seller’s market from an employee perspective.

– Sharon Irwin-Foulon, executive director of W. P. Carey Career Management and Employer Engagement