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Tight Labor Market

NPR
Published October 6, 2000 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Jack Speer reports on the strain the tight labor market is putting on some employers in highly competitive industries. With the unemployment rate at a three-decade low, companies are feeling a hiring crunch.

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