Restaurant owners face hiring challenges
The National Restaurant Association predicts the industry sales will increase by 20% bringing it to $659 billion to $789 billion compared to 2020. Increased demands from consumers, vaccine availability and stimulus checks all boosted sales in restaurants for the first half of the year and helped th ...
Amazon and Walmart job fairs to fill 60,000 positions
To keep up with high customer demands, both Amazon and Walmart are going on hiring campaigns to fill 60,000 positions across the US. Amazon wishes to hire 55,000 people globally with 40,000 tech and corporate positions open throughout 220 locations in the US. The company also is looking to fill pos ...
374,000 jobs added in August, below expected number
374,000 jobs were added in August as compared to 330,000 in July. Although the numbers look high, the predicted number of jobs was 638,000 while the number of jobs actually added was 374,000. The service sector is responsible for a large number of jobs added. Data recovered from research conducted ...
A hike in pay isn't enough to win the labor war
The labor shortage has been eminent throughout the country. Those who lost their jobs during the peak of the pandemic are now highly sought after. Employers are trying really hard to attract new workers as well as sustaining the existing ones. One of the common measures of doing so is by increasing ...
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