With the “great resignation” still underway and labor shortages at an all-time high, it appears that American companies now have one more entity competing against them in the search for talented, qualified people who want to work: the U.S. Army.
Tim Stelloh of NBC News reported that “the Army is seeking to blunt the pandemic-fueled labor shortage rocking the country’s economy with its largest bonus ever — $50,000.”
According to Stelloh, “Military recruiting officials said the incentive for qualified recruits who sign up for certain career paths and agree to active-duty six-year enlistments is aimed at luring the ‘same talent’ that private companies are competing for.”