But for employers, having their staff continually improving their skills is a double-edged sword.

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Injuries and controversies aside, the market can no longer sustain deals that approach a decade in length and grossly overpay diminishing skills by almost double.

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Workers such as Alex Doherty found themselves jobless at a time when county unemployment was in the double digits, and few had other skills.

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