Unemployment's High, So Why Does This Growing Ames Tech Company Struggle to Find Workers?
Global Reach CEO said they could do even more work, if they could find employees with the skills needed.
Global Reach, a web development firm in Iowa State University's Research Park, is about ready to knock down an office wall and expand. It can't happen fast enough. “We should have done it four months ago,” said Global Reach CEO and President Iacovos Zachariades. But too often Zachariades can't find enough good people to work for him. A majority of his applicants are college students who haven't graduated yet or people who don't have the skills he wants. “They say, 'We have high unemployment but ...,'” Zachariades said with a shrug and looked at the resumes on his desk. They don't have the skills needed for the job. Zachariades is one of many high tech employers in the United States and around the world, who say they can't find employees …
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Jessica Miller
7:59 am on Friday, February 17, 2012
Right the unemployment rate is higher among certain groups. This person is seeking people with college degrees. more ›