Coast to coast, STEM jobs take longest to fill By comments and news from cnbc, Posted in Employment / Careers July 1, 2014, 1:12 pm CDT http://www.cnbc.com/id/101803578 Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs take more than twice as long to fill as other openings, according to a new Brookings Institution study that provides the most detailed evidence yet of a skills gap that's slowing payroll growth. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.