Employers, desperate for workers, are reconsidering job requirements, overhauling hiring processes and working with nonprofit groups to recruit candidates they might once have overlooked.“There were times when I felt like I was behind.” Mr. Patel, whose disability affects his speech and can make conversation difficult, worked with an employment coach at the Northwest Center to help him request accommodations both during the interview process and once he started the job.The State of Jobs in the United States Economists have been surprised by recent strength in the labor market, as the Federal Reserve tries to engineer a slowdown and tame inflation.- Switching Jobs: A hallmark of the pandemic era has been the surge in employee turnover.The wave of job-switching may be taking a toll on productivity."