This is because even with the proliferation of myriad recruiting software packages and services, it can still take months for a small or mid-size company to fill a job opening.
Let's offer incentives to companies that hire Americans who've got what it takes to fill that job opening, but have been out of work so long that no-one will give them a chance anymore.
While many of us were opening presents and having our fill of mulled cider, NASA's trusty Curiosity rover was busy at work capturing panoramic views of Yellowknife Bay, a shallow area of unusual terrain on the Red planet.
Damien Martyn's retirement and the hamstring injury which continues to keep Shane Watson on the sidelines have created an opening in Australia's Test line-up and Symonds is desperate to fill it.