According to the Department of Employment and Workforce, there are 85,000 job openings in the state. Author: Eleanor Tabone (WLTX) Updated: 11:14 PM EDT April 21, 2021 COLUMBIA, S.C. — If your a small business owner in South Carolina you're probably feeling as if its just one thing after another these days. With some small businesses closing or "pausing" because of the pandemic in the last year and now as more people get vaccinated and are venturing out, those same small businesses are struggling to find workers. Experts say those in the hospitality industry are being hit the hardest. Beginning with restaurant owners. As Melissa Harden a manager at Burger Tavern 77 on Devine Street, will tell you, the struggle is real.