Now Hiring: Businesses struggle to find help, grapple with labor shortages
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https://www.abc12.com/2021/04/16/now-hiring-mid-michigan-businesses-struggle-to-find-help-grapple-with-labor-shortages/
FRANKENMUTH, Mich. (WJRT) - Now hiring.
Signs posted across Mid-Michigan ask for help, but increasingly that help doesn’t come.
The consequences of COVID-era staffing shortages in Frankenmuth could have detrimental effects moving forward.
“We have lots of hiring signs,” said Jamie Furbush, president and CEO of the Frankenmuth Chamber of Commerce. “It’s a challenging time I think for businesses.”
At least one help wanted sign is posted in the window of a business in downtown Frankenmuth, particularly hard hit by the struggle to find employees.
“This time of year, traditionally, our businesses would start ramping up for the summer season,” Furbush said. “Some of our restaurants that would start hiring this time of year normally see a good flow of applications are seeing none whatsoever or very, very few.”
Now a familiar hurdle nationwide as the pandemic stretches into its second year. Furbush’s job is to pinpoint practical solutions.
“There’s a lot of concern about how to keep their doors open,” she said. “It’s not just our tourism industry job. There’s jobs in many, many different industry sectors.”
