Brittany McCaskill said her custodian job just wasn t working out.
“It s been rough with COVID,” she said. “Been unemployed for three months now. Just trying to get in the swing of things.”
According to Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas, 23 employers participating in the job fair have more than 2000 jobs available right now.
“Usually, they ll post a job with us and maybe for one opening or two, well now they re posting all of their jobs with us and it s for multiple openings,” said WSGD account exec. Steven Bridges. “Front of the house, back of the house and everything in between.”
Bridges acknowledges the labor shortage could be a ‘reckoning’ of sorts for an industry traditionally considered low-paying while physically demanding.