The latest jobs data shows the Great Resignation brought on by the pandemic is still ongoing, with a near-record high of 4.4 million Americans quitting in April despite growing recession fears.

One expert explains the reasoning behind the continued reshuffling, and warns that shortages in the labor market are likely to persist for a long time.

Julie Bauke, founder and chief career strategist with The Bauke Group, has a good handle on the perspective from both sides of the desk when it comes to employer-employee relationships after 25 years working in the sphere, and says the changes companies are seeing now are multilayered but largely inevitable – COVID just sped them up.

"There's a mismatch between people and their skills and what they want to do, with the work that needs to be done," Bauke told FOX Business, pointing to the many older, seasoned workers who retired early due to the pandemic. 

Those so-called "boomers" left new generations of workers in their place who are refusing to fall in line the way their parents and grandparents did.