NFIB Weekly News
Ninety-one percent of owners trying to hire report few or no qualified applicants (02/02/2023)
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 2, 2023) – According to NFIB’s monthly jobs report, 57% of owners reported hiring or trying to hire in January, up two points. Of those hiring or trying to hire, 91% of owners reported few or no qualified applicants for the positions they were trying to fill. Twenty-seven percent of owners reported few qualified applicants for their open positions and 25% reported none.
“The labor shortage continues to be a major concern for small businesses in the New Year as nearly all owners trying to hire are reporting no or few qualified applicants,” said NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg. “Small businesses’ sales opportunities are limited because of the staffing shortage but owners continue to make changes in business operations to compensate.”
Forty-five percent (seasonally adjusted) of all owners reported job openings they could not fill in the current period, up four points from December.
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