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Also hard to miss: "Help Wanted" signs taped to many store and restaurant windows. In fact, on a recent walk, we bumped into a friend who operates a restaurant in town. She told us that on a recent Saturday evening she needed to shut down operations before 9:00 p.m. because the staff she had on hand was maxed out on orders they could manage. Starting on page 20, contributing editor Bridget McCrea dives deeper into the factors that have worked together to exacerbate this labor shortage across industries-a shortage that was building before 2020. "In the supply chain sector, even before the pandemic, we had cited a U.S. labor report that indicated that there was one qualified candidate for every six supply chain job openings," says McCrea. "Now, we're seeing creative incentives that businesses everywhere are using to recruit. And, in most cases, they're looking for the same workers we're looking for in our operations." |