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   From: democrat-criminals@mail.house.gov   
      
   https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/04/hiring-has-never-been-harder-small-   
   business-owners-cant-find-workers-report-says/   
      
   Employment at small firms fell in July for the first time in 2022 because   
   they can’t find the right workers, according to data released Thursday by   
   the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).   
      
   Small businesses lost an average of 0.14 workers per firm in July,   
   according to NFIB data. Companies want to hire and expand their operations   
   but roughly half of all small business owners had open positions that they   
   couldn’t find workers to fill, the data showed.   
      
   “Hiring has never been harder for small business owners,” NFIB Chief   
   Economist Bill Dunkelberg said in a press release. “The labor shortage   
   remains frustrating for many small business owners as they continue to   
   manage inflation and other economic headwinds. Owners are adjusting   
   business operations where they can to help mitigate lost sales   
   opportunities due to staffing shortages.”   
      
      
      
   The 49% of small business job openings that are vacant “far exceeds” the   
   48-year historical average of 23%, according to The Wall Street Journal.   
   (RELATED: ‘A Definite Slowdown’: Business Owners Say They’re Already   
   Seeing Signs Of A Slowdown)   
      
   Overall, 64% of small business owners reported hiring or trying to hire in   
   July, and 91% of those looking to do so reported few or no qualified   
   applicants for the positions they were trying to fill, according to the   
   data.   
      
   The reason for the difficulty hiring is that the number of job openings in   
   the economy is larger than the number of unemployed workers, according to   
   the NFIB report.   
      
   In part, this is due to the fact that “the Labor Force Participation Rate   
   remains disastrously low, lower than it was pre-pandemic, and much lower   
   than it was a decade ago,” Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of the Job   
   Creators Network, told the DCNF.   
      
   The competitive labor market is driving up employers’ costs, Timirie   
   Shibley, owner of the Doo-Dah Diner in Wichita, Kansas, told the Daily   
   Caller News Foundation.   
      
   “We’ve always paid our cooks and other employees top-of-the-market rates,   
   but wages that were the best in the area a few months ago are now just the   
   average,” Shibley told the DCNF in July.   
      
   The NFIB told the DCNF the worker shortage is caused by a variety of   
   factors “including individuals not returning to the workplace after the   
   COVID pandemic, retirees, decrease in work visas and immigration, among   
   numerous other things.”   
      
   This story has been updated with additional comment from the NFIB.   
      
      
      
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