America has more job openings than it can fill, and the Delta variant is threatening to make that even worse.
In July, the number of jobs available in the United States climbed to 10.9 million, a new record high, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday.Health care and social assistance added the most positions, followed by finance and insurance, as well as hotels and restaurants.America's tight labor market continues to face a staggering disconnect between the number of jobs available and the number of people out of work.
Restaurants and bars even lost jobs as rising Covid-19 cases are on the rise due to the more infectious Delta variant.But the BLS report on job openings lags the government's monthly jobs tally. So it will take a little longer until the full scale of Delta's impact on this summer will become clear.The job openings report"provides a different picture of the labor market ...
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