The Recovery Puzzle: A New Factory in Ohio Struggles to Match Jobs to Job-Seekers The Washington Post

We're all familiar with the unemployment numbers, as well as the persistent cries that it's difficult to match job seekers with open positions. But unless you're on hiring Ground Zero, it's tough to understand exactly what this puzzle looks like, let alone how to put it together. This wonderfully written article puts the reader in the shoes of Bernie Coyle, who wants to hire 40 people to work in a new egg-white-extraction factory in the aptly named town of Fort Recovery, Ohio. His excitement about giving people jobs can't be overstated. But from poorly written cover letters to interview no-shows to (yay) an eventual hire, Coyle's story underlines one of the central tensions of the American economic recovery that seems easily solvable: Even though a lot of qualified workers can’t find jobs, a lot of jobs can’t quite find qualified workers.

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