As people return to work after historic unemployment during the pandemic, some businesses struggle to hire, leaving small businesses in an especially tough spot.
Small businesses struggle to fill empty positions as economy bounces back
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As people return to work after historic unemployment during the pandemic, some businesses struggle to hire, leaving small businesses in an especially tough spot.
âThe past 15 months or however long it s been has been incredibly surreal,â Beth Gruitch, Co-owner of Crafted Concepts restaurant group, said. âIt s been this up and down of hiring and laying off.â
Now this restaurant is buzzing with customers again. âWeâre busy. People want to go out; they are vaccinated,â she said.
But Gruitch is having trouble hiring at all the restaurants that are part of the group. âWeâre having a shortage of staff. Thereâs like almost 100 job postings, and the amount of people that are here to work in the hospitality industry is very dismal,â she said, explaining that sheâs never seen it this bad. âTo the point where pe
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It was terrifying, said the 44-year-old Parks, who had been in business for only six months before the crisis hit.
She took advantage of as many programs as she could state funding, and Economic Injury Disaster Loan and the Paycheck Protection Program. Yet it wasn t enough to cover all of her overhead costs, including rent, insurance and utilities.
In April, she slowly started to reopen: one night a week and at a very small capacity making enough to pay for the staff, musicians and inventory for the evening.
Lucius Pham
xBk, a performance theater in Des Moines, Iowa was closed for more than a year during the pandemic.
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