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Labor shortage challenges employers

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Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Labor shortage challenges employers

With help wanted signs popping up everywhere, The Smoky Mountain News investigates reasons for the labor shortage in the region and across the country and will spend the next few weeks examining what’s going on in different industries and demographics.

 

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• Help wanted in the service industry

• Labor shortage hits WNC

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