Seaside hotel owner offers incentives to get more applicants to fill vacant openings
SEASIDE, OR (KPTV) It’s a trend many industries are seeing right now – businesses like hotels and restaurants struggling to get applicants to fill job openings.
According to the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis, 54% of employers are having difficulty hiring people right now.
Summer is right around the corner and with more people getting vaccinated, hotels on the coast are excited for business to pick up.
“People are starting to travel again our business levels were very good in March and April so we’re expecting to see a brisk summer,” Terry Bichsel, a coastal hotel owner, said. “People want to travel, they want to get out. They’re kind of tired of the pandemic.”
Out-of-staters are buying Oregon homes with cash and remodeling sight unseen, real estate agents say OregonLive.com 5/6/2021 Janet Eastman, oregonlive.com
Listen to some real estate agents this spring and you hear the song over and over: Out-of-state buyers have been driving up prices and demand in Oregon’s scarce housing market.
Digital workers, set loose to live anywhere during and likely after the coronavirus pandemic, have discovered they can get more for less here, especially compared to high-priced Seattle and the San Francisco Bay area. They are adding pressure to already tough buying conditions, agents add.
A historically low inventory of homes for sale, escalating prices and bidding wars are frustrating a backlog of local buyers, some of whom have had offers rejected for a quicker cash sale.
Out-of-staters are buying Oregon homes with cash and remodeling sight unseen, real estate agents say
Updated May 05, 2021;
Posted May 05, 2021
A single-level house on the 8th fairway in Bend s Awbrey Glen golf community received an offer three days after hitting the market and sold for $51,000 over asking price.Jordan Ries/Assist 2 Sell Buyers & Seller
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Listen to some real estate agents this spring and you hear the song over and over: Out-of-state buyers have been driving up prices and demand in Oregon’s scarce housing market.
Digital workers, set loose to live anywhere during and likely after the coronavirus pandemic, have discovered they can get more for less here, especially compared to high-priced Seattle and the San Francisco Bay area. They are adding pressure to already tough buying conditions, agents add.
Downtown Portland office vacancy rate reaches 15%
Pandemic, protests among several factors dragging down Portland s office space market.
From the COVID-19 pandemic forcing people to work at home to property destruction during protests downtown, office space in the Portland metro area is steadily becoming vacant.
The market faces a shaky outlook for the remainder of this year, even as people receive their vaccinations and employers consider bringing their staff back into the office.
State economist Josh Lehner pointed to the combination of business closures, less foot traffic and lower demand for office space as key factors in declining construction activity. Lehner said leading demand for office, retail, and leisure and hospitality space would need to rebound considerably for vacancy rates to decline and rents to increase.
Jobs paradox: Oregon employers face a labor shortage despite high unemployment
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Migration Brewing says it s had to limit hours, and sometimes close early, because it can t find enough people to work in its Portland pubs: “If you’re stretched thin with staff there’s only so much they can do and only so much service they can offer.”Andre Meunier/The Oregonian
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Most times, when Migration Brewing Co. has an opening in its Portland brewery, it’s one of the most popular jobs in town.
“Everyone wants to work in a brewery,” said Colin Rath, Migration’s cofounder and director of its pubs. “They want to get their foot in the door and work their way up.”