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Restaurants have been hiring younger workers during the labor shortage. Grace Dean/Insider A Subway franchisee in Canada said he'd been hiring workers

Concessions International wanted to hire at least 38 workers, but only two people applied, ABC7 reported. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images A

The restaurant industry has been especially hard hit by the labor shortage. Willie B. Thomas/Getty Images Restaurants are closing earlier or shutting

People walk by a Help Wanted sign in the Queens borough of New York City on June 04, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Using average

Wichita Airport said Alaska Airlines was cutting some services from the Kansas city to Seattle 'due to labor shortages.' Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

Millions of people bought puppies and other pets during the pandemic. Yegor Aleyev / Getty Veterinarians say they have been under huge pressure during

Staff have been leaving the industry in search of better wages, benefits, and working conditions. Álex Cámara/NurPhoto via Getty Image Independent

Barry Sternlicht said that the economy 'can't really recover until people come back to work.' Craig Barritt/Getty Images Starwood Capital CEO Barry

Vice President Mike Pence, joined at left by chief of staff Marc Short, finishes a swearing-in ceremony for senators in the Old Senate Chamber at the

92% of small business owners trying to employ workers had few or no qualified applicants, according to a monthly NFIB study. Willie B. Thomas/Getty A