Item
Lack of Workers for Service Industry Jobs
Title (Dublin Core)
Lack of Workers for Service Industry Jobs
Description (Dublin Core)
Rapid City, South Dakota is suffering from a lack of applicants for service industry jobs as tourism increases ahead of Memorial Day. While the reason for this lack is not confirmed, locals have been theorizing that due to the high rate of exposure in service industry jobs, people are restraining from applying in order to stay safe during this summer as travel is increasing again. There is also a population coming from other countries that receives visas in order to travel to Rapid City and work service positions, but since there is still a hold on international travel, they are not coming either. For those who are looking to hire, they are all in competition with each other, since many of the open positions require the same skill set. This has all added up to panic amongst business owners, as they are likely going to be operating with a much smaller staff, but with normal (if not larger) crowds of tourists this summer.
Date (Dublin Core)
April 16, 2021
Creator (Dublin Core)
Grace Pritchett
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Julia Jenson
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
News Article
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
https://rapidcityjournal.com/business/a-sense-of-panic-over-lack-of-local-workers-for-service-industry/article_838abe8c-3e07-5897-894f-2683a3024b86.html
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Cities & Suburbs
English
Business & Industry
English
Consumer Culture (shopping, dining...)
English
News coverage
English
Travel
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Rapid City
South Dakota
traveler
tourism
worker
hiring
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Rapid City
South Dakota
service industry
hiring
travel
tourism
Collection (Dublin Core)
Service Industry
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
04/18/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
04/24/2021
08/02/2022
09/07/2024
Item sets
This item was submitted on April 18, 2021 by Julia Jensen using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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