As pandemic restrictions eased amid the accessibility of Covid-19 vaccines and businesses started bouncing back, many employers faced - and are still facing - severe workforce shortages. Hiring staff has perhaps never been harder for employers as it is now. Raising wages isn’t enough to win talents and even hire a sweeper. The pandemic has changed everything. Aware of possible new lockdown restrictions, many bar people and servers just left the sector. Workers who may have lost their jobs during the peak of the pandemic were now highly desired, but they are just gone.
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