Region s direct support professionals: We have a crisis
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1of8Buy PhotoAdvocates for the Schenectady ARC gather for a rally at Proctors to draw attention to what the center says is a ?”crisis?• in retaining and recruiting staff on Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Schenectady, N.Y.Will Waldron/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of8Buy PhotoCindy Barkowski, who?•s son, John, receives care from direct support professionals, speaks during an advocacy rally for the Schenectady ARC to draw attention to what they contend is a ?”crisis?• in retaining and recruiting staff on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Proctors in Schenectady, N.Y.Will Waldron/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
SARANAC LAKE â With the ongoing labor gap, finding employees is a tough job.
âThis is our 75th year and hiring has never been harder,â said Rice Furnitureâs Clyde Baker.
Rice Furniture has advertised a job opening for over a month online, in print and on a sign out in front of the store, none of which has led to new applicants, Baker said.
As businesses struggle to find employees, theyâre adapting â offering higher pay, changing how they advertise and altering their operations to make up for the gap.
With plenty of job openings, hiring has become more competitive. Companies have to incentivize employees to either stay or to join their staff. Some businesses are offering competitive wages. Others have gotten creative. Stewartâs Shops and McDonaldâs are offering scholarships to part-time college employees and discounting meals on the job. The Best Western in Saranac Lake is offering signing bonuses in its contracts.
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MADRID â When visitors meet Adam at his Westway Road home, he always asks an essential question: âWanna stay for dinner?â
Mail carriers, delivery drivers, neighbors and new friends are welcome in Adamâs world, and the 17-year-oldâs parents have known for years he was meant to feed people.
Jonathon Adam Lee Moulton, affectionately Adam, was born in Tennessee and moved to New York in 2008 at age 5. He spent most of his first three years of life in and out of southern hospitals before landing in St. Lawrence County with his parents Tonya S. and Carter L. Moulton. His sister Melinda C. Smith, 22, and brother Zachary Michael Lee Moulton, 10, complete the tight immediate family.