Andrew Weaver, a professor of labor and employment relations at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (IMAGE)

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Andrew Weaver, a professor of labor and employment relations at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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The incidence of prolonged hiring difficulties for workers with science and technology backgrounds is consistent with persistent hiring frictions and not a "skills gap" in the labor market for information technology help desk workers, one of the largest computer occupations in the U.S., says new research by U. of I. labor professor Andrew Weaver.

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