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Alaant’s Miriam Dushane addresses the labor shortage and the impact it’s having on hiring.

The US is facing an "Alice-in-Wonderland job market," in the words of Moody's chief economist Mark Zandi. Job openings have never been higher, but unemployment is still highly elevated, and millions of discouraged workers have given up on looking for a job and retreated to the sidelines.

There’s no question the pandemic has wrought pain and suffering that, unfortunately, have had and will leave a lasting impact. Amid the challenges, there’s also been a silver lining: we’ve gained a new appreciation of how interconnected we are – not only as families, friends and neighbors, but also as employees, businesses, and industries…

Over the last 18 months, the way we work has changed almost beyond recognition. We have gone from spending eight hours a day in an office to answering emails in bed — and many have found the latter suits them better than the former. Now that the world is reopening, many workers have little desire to go back to the traditional office environments.