We've long since known about the disconnects between employer and employee, but a Monster survey shows us it might start before the relationship's ever consummated.

Take the job market right now. The unemployment rate continues to hover around the 7 percent range – although a story in the New York Post suggests it could be as much as 3 points higher than that.

But any recruiter will detail their frustrations at trying to find qualified job candidates. And on the other side of the Help Wanted sign, all those job seekers insist it's harder to land a gig than it was this time last year.

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