Chapter 251

Xander hung up and sighed. Then, his face brightened with a radiant smile when he looked at me. "Have a seat, Ms. Crown." Xander gestured for me to sit. As soon as I settled into the chair, he sighed again. "It's really tough to find good talent these days." I had picked up on a hint from his earlier phone call. "Are we really short on technical talent now?" "Yes, we're short. An engineer from our tech team resigned yesterday, and we were already struggling to find this type of talent. This just makes things worse," Xander said. He shook his head, an unusually stressed expression on his face. Since I joined the Hueton Corporation and got to know him, Xander had always appeared cheerful and seemingly carefree. "Right now, there's a divide in the labor market at Hilcord. There's no shortage of highly educated professionals, but we lack skilled, experienced workers. "On the other hand, there are plenty of unskilled laborers, but we need workers who are willing to put in the effor