Forty-eight percent of Texas firms who had difficulty finding low-skill workers cited their inability to pass a drug test or a criminal background check, a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas showed Thursday. That’s the most-cited of five reasons for disqualification of low-skilled employees, more than a lack of soft skills or experience.
Low-skill jobs make up 43% of job postings in Texas, according to the report, which was based on an August survey of 385 business executives in the state. It also showed 72% of firms indicating they were having difficulty finding workers saying there was a lack of or no available applicants at all skill levels.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-17/too-many-low-skill-workers-failing-drug-tests-texas-firms-say
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