Portland restaurants are trying to ramp up hiring for the summer, but owners across the city tell KATU News they're struggling to fill positions. Right now the competition is high, as managers at locations like Botanist say they're working with a smaller pool of applicants. "Mid-February is when we first did our hiring and I got a lot of resumes all at once as we posted. About three weeks ago I posted another ad and I got almost no resumes for.