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Bars, Hotels and Restaurants Become the Economy’s Fastest-Growing Employers

Leisure-and-hospitality industry is rebuilding its workforce, companies focused on providing business and tech-related services have slowed their growth and the U.S. unemployment rate is at a 53-year low.

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  • Leisure-and-hospitality industry is rebuilding its workforce after cutting back during the pandemic’s early days.
  • Companies focused on providing business and tech-related services have slowed their growth in recent months.
  • U.S. unemployment rate at a 53-year low and the overall job market tight.
  • Information industry accounts for about 1-in-40 private-sector jobs.
  • Hiring for information jobs continued to grow and the hospitality industry outpaced most other industries.
Bars, Hotels and Restaurants Become the Economy’s Fastest-Growing Employers
Hospitality companies revive their hiring after pandemic cuts, offsetting slower growth in tech jobs
WSJNate Rattner, Danny

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