‘Why Companies Aren’t Getting the Employees They Need’: The Author Follows Up

My article in The Journal Report on Leadership–"Why Companies Aren’t Getting the Employees They Need"–generated an avalanche of reader response. In that piece I argued that companies too often put the blame on our education system for their inability to find the skilled workers they need. Instead, I wrote, companies "need to drop the idea of finding perfect candidates and look for people who could do the job with a bit of training and practice."

By PETER CAPPELLI

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