After facing an unstable job market for over a year, employees are ready to jump back into work — and some industries are more desperate to fill roles than others.
The pandemic has officially left 40 million people unemployed due to layoffs, according to the most recent weekly unemployment insurance claims from the Department of Labor. But between employees feeling more hopeful about work, the growing number of job postings opening up and companies ramping up recruiting efforts, the tides are beginning to turn.
