Man Alive

The Jobs Riddle (1980x4)

Air date: Feb 07, 1980

Trains are cancelled because of staff shortages; manufacturers lose orders because of a lack of skilled workers. Why is it, that with over one-and-a-quarter million people unemployed, there are still thousands of unfilled jobs up-and-down the country? Is it that people won't or cant move from one region to another? Is it that there's a shortage of particular skills? Is it that employers and unions sometimes demand unnecessary skills? Is it that, for some, there is just not enough incentive to find a job? Can they get almost as much on the dole?