Unemployed job seekers are sending out many more applications with the help of computers, according to a St. Louis Fed report, but lower rates of offers and acceptance make the chances of finding work about the same as in the early 1980s.
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, hiring is still booming, unemployment is near historic lows, yet Americans as a whole are still working fewer hours than they did in 2019.
Jefferson City hurried over the summer to raise wages for its employees. The point was to try to retain workers as similar-sized employers passed raises, too.
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