Why Good People Can't Get Jobs

The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It

De: Peter Cappelli

Narrado por: Don Hagen

Peter Cappelli confronts the myth of the skills gap and provides an actionable path forward to put people back to work.

Even in a time of perilously high unemployment, companies contend that they cannot find the employees they need. Pointing to a skills gap, employers argue applicants are simply not qualified; schools aren't preparing students for jobs; the government isn't letting in enough high-skill immigrants; and even when the match is right, prospective employees won't accept jobs at the wages offered.

In this powerful audiobook, Peter Cappelli, Wharton management professor and director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources, debunks the arguments and exposes the real reasons good people can't get hired. Drawing on jobs data, anecdotes from all sides of the employer-employee divide, and interviews with jobs professionals, he explores the paradoxical forces bearing down on the American workplace and lays out solutions that can help us break through what has become a crippling employer-employee stand-off.

Among the questions he confronts: Is there really a skills gap? To what extent is the hiring process being held hostage by automated software that can crunch thousands of applications an hour? What kind of training could best bridge the gap between employer expectations and applicant realities, and who should foot the bill for it? Are schools really at fault?

Named one of HR Magazine's Top 20 Most Influential Thinkers of 2011, Cappelli not only changes the way we think about hiring but points the way forward to rev America's job engine again.

©2012 Peter Cappelli (P)2013 Gildan Media LLC

Informative and practical

Provides insight to how and why organizations hiring process has pain points. Practical theory of Human Resource Departments have changed impacting candidate selection and more. Well written!

Easy to read, thought provoking

I enjoyed comparisons to other countries and the deep knowledge and history. Excellent insight and perspective!

I learned a few new things which I hadn’t thought of before

This is great book to build deeper understanding of hiring space for candidates and employers alike.

great way to understand the current jobs dilemma

only if the book were a bit longer to support more of the ideas and frustrations discussed.