Holiday hiring surges as the nation continues to battle a labor shortage – By Daniella Genovese (FOX Business) / Oct 13 2021
‘From hospitality to retail, the workforce shortage will have a tremendous effect on holiday hiring this season’
The U.S. labor shortage continues to stifle every sector of the U.S. economy, making it harder for companies to hire for the pivotal holiday season.
Even still, companies are hiring in droves in order to get ahead of the surge in shoppers over the next few months but filling positions hasn’t been easy.
Over the last two months, there were 19 million jobs posted and about 14. 3 million of them are still sitting vacant, according to a new report by PeopleReady, which specializes in on-demand labor and highly skilled workers.
In fact, the most in-demand jobs are taking at least a month to fill.
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