Ocean City businesses face hiring crunch at kickoff to summer season: ‘The demand is there. The labor is not.’
Baltimore Sun 3 hrs ago Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun © Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun Tommy s Sub Shop, located on Coastal Highway near 29th Street, is advertising for new employees, like many of Ocean City s businesses. The town faces a hiring crunch as the town gears up for peak season, with expectations of crowds amid fewer job applicants.
Beach-loving sun-seekers are sure to return in force to Ocean City this summer. The question is whether the resort town will have enough cooks, cleaners, servers and salespeople to handle the crowds.
Ocean City businesses face hiring crunch at kickoff to summer season
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Between visa issues and COVID, Jersey Shore attractions worry about labor shortage
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A official of Morey s Piers said the company was worried that visa problems could cause a labor shortage this summer. A ride was sanitized on opening day last summer at Mariner s Amusement Pier in Wildwood, one of five Morey s locations where the company hopes to hire 1,500 workers this summer. Lori M. Nichols | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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If every single Wildwood High School senior worked at Morey’s Piers, that still would only fill about 3% of the summer jobs at the company’s five locations.