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Complex worker shortage problem strains businesses, employees in central Maine
Employers are struggling to hire in Maine and across the nation, which experts say is the result of several factors exacerbated by the pandemic.
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Every time Barbara Clark gets notified of a new application to Pete’s Pig Catering & Barbecue, she makes immediate contact.
Rarely, if ever, does she hear back.
“I just shoot them a message asking if they’re available and nobody responds,” said Clark, who owns the Waterville business with her husband, Pete. “You just don’t hear from them.”
Pete’s Pig Catering & Barbecue co-owners Pete Clark, left, and wife Barbara work in the kitchen Tuesday with cook Alex Smith in Waterville.