Christmas with fears that travelers will deepen the crisis. Plus, reaction t a Supreme Court decision involving how many can worship together. To the rescue, the militarys new mission stepping up to help hospitals out of rooms and resources in the heartland. The effort to feed families this thanksgiving long lines across the country and a shocking new report, 1 in 6 without enough to eat. Black fridays best deals and a shopping season like no other, the one simple thing you can do to get the best buys online. And thanking health care heroes, the outpouring of love and kindness bringing smiles this holiday. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and happy thanksgiving im kate snow in for lester tonight and we begin with late breaking news, President Trump continuing to insist he won the election taking questions for the First Time Since the election and saying hes not ready to concede but the president also pledging to leave the white house if as expected the Electoral
and kurt schoffer, who runs the biggest company in the world, with a majority of autistic staff, more than 400 in his company alone. also on the show, the big boss of one of the world s largestjobs companies, recruit holdings, which operates in 60 countries, joins me to talk about how to fill the skills gap and how to spot lies on people s job applications. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello, and a warm welcome to the show. you know, it may never have been a more challenging time for companies. and while rising costs and interest rates certainly dominate the headlines, companies themselves say that being able to employ enough of the rightly skilled people is one of the biggest problems they face. in particular, they need more people with technical and communication skills. you know, in america, the unemployment rate is atjust under 4%, and almost 70% of companies say they have trouble recruiting all the staff they need. that s11i% more th
of commerce, about their skills gap findings. plus, i speak to these two. there they are, lars backstrom, an autistic data analyst, and kurt schaeffer, who runs the biggest company in the world with a majority of autistic staff, more than 400 in his company alone. also on the show, the big boss of one of the world s largestjobs companies, recruit holdings, which operates in 60 countries, joins me to talk about how to fill the skills gap and how to spot lies on people s job applications. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello, and a warm welcome to the show. you know, it may never have been a more challenging time for companies. and while rising costs and interest rates certainly dominate the headlines, companies themselves say that being able to employ enough of the rightly skilled people is one of the biggest problems they face. in particular, they need more people with technical and communication skills. you know, in america, the unemployme
wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello, and a warm welcome to the show. you know, it may never have been a more challenging time for companies. and while rising costs and interest rates certainly dominate the headlines, companies themselves say that being able to employ enough of the rightly skilled people is one of the biggest problems they face. in particular, they need more people with technical and communication skills. you know, in america, the unemployment rate is atjust under 4%, and almost 70% of companies say they have trouble recruiting all the staff they need. that s11i% more than two years ago. in europe, they re calling 2023 the so called year of skills, because more than three quarters of companies, they report difficulties finding workers with the right skill set. and a quarter of small and medium sized companies say that that is their biggest problem. here in the uk, it s a similar picture to america. unemployment is hovering
companies can t find enough workers, so do they need to look harder? underrepresented groups like autistic and dyslexic people could do a lot to plug the skills gap, but employees need to do more work to recruit more of them. there is a greater level of innovation. you have people who think different, who act different, and who bring a totally new level of thought process into the solutions. i m going to hearfrom jane gratton from the british chambers of commerce, about their skills gap findings. plus, i speak to these two. there they are lars backstrom, an autistic data analyst, and kurt schaeffer, who runs the biggest company in the world with a majority of autistic staff, more than 400 in his company alone. also on the show, the big boss of one of the world s largest jobs companies, recruit holdings, which operates in 60 countries, joins me to talk about how to fill the skills gap and how to spot lies on people s job applications. wherever you rejoining me from around th