Talk of a talent shortage when the oil industry is laying off workers en masse may sound counterintuitive. However, a few years from now, the industry will recover, if its past cyclical boom-and-bust nature is any guide. And when that happens, the oil industry will have to hire again. But it may not find enough talent to fill in the gap. U.S. Layoffs Reach 100,000 and Counting Some of the more than 100,000 workers laid off in the U.S. oil and gas industry in the past few months alone are likely to consider changing their career path – permanently. Tesla, for example, has plans to hire as many as 65,000 workers by the end of this year, and people are scrambling for any open spot in the attractive company. Others who have been let go in the oil industry have simply retired. This means that a whole new kind […]