Hospitality Industry Seeing Explosive Summer Hiring Surge as Sector Posts Nearly 1.3 Million Jobs
The hospitality industry is experiencing a significant hiring surge as it recovers from pandemic impacts. A recent analysis by PeopleReady reveals a 58% increase in job postings year-over-year and a 28% rise compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, totaling around 1.3 million job openings. Key roles in demand include waitstaff, bartenders, and cooks. PeopleReady emphasizes abundant opportunities for job seekers, especially in short-term gig work, as normalcy returns with events and activities.
- Job postings in the hospitality sector increased by 58% year-over-year.
- Current hospitality job openings reached approximately 1.3 million.
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Fewer industries represent the public’s eagerness to have things get back to normal than the hospitality industry. From banquet halls and hotels to concert venues, baseball stadiums and amusement parks, the sector is looking for a comeback after being hard-hit by the pandemic. And, it’s fueling a hiring surge and immediate opportunities for job seekers, according to staffing leader PeopleReady.
A new analysis by PeopleReady being released today finds that hospitality-related job postings are up
“As the world opens back up, there is a hiring boom in the hospitality industry. And, whether you’re a recent graduate from high school or college or just someone looking for a side gig, opportunities are abundant right now,” said Taryn Owen, president of PeopleReady. “From servers and bartenders to cooks and concession workers, there is a high demand for hospitality workers in events and venues in particular.”
PeopleReady says the roles most in demand right now include:
- Waitstaff.
- Bartenders.
- Servers.
- Cooks and food preparation workers.
- Janitors and housekeepers.
- Hosts and hostesses.
Many areas of the industry are offering short-term gig work, and there will be long-term or more permanent roles available as well, advises PeopleReady.
“Our customers are at the forefront of bringing back many of those activities and events people missed the most over the past year, from going to a baseball game to seeing a concert or traveling and staying in a hotel,” said Kristy Willis, chief sales officer for PeopleReady. “What we’re seeing is not just a hiring surge as people and businesses look to get back to normal; the number of hospitality industry job opportunities are higher now than they were before the pandemic, resulting in more opportunities for job seekers.”
To connect job seekers with available jobs in hospitality and other industries, PeopleReady is holding nationwide hiring events. The staffing company has a variety of ways for job seekers to access job opportunities: via app (JobStack) and online (jobs.peopleready.com).
About PeopleReady
PeopleReady, a TrueBlue company (NYSE: TBI), specializes in quick and reliable on-demand labor and highly skilled workers. PeopleReady supports a wide range of blue-collar industries, including construction, manufacturing and logistics, waste and recycling, and hospitality. Leveraging its game-changing JobStack platform and 600-plus branch offices across all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Canada, PeopleReady served approximately 98,000 businesses and put approximately 221,000 people to work in 2020. Learn more at www.peopleready.com.
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