Weak Hotels Hiring Drags Down Overall U.S. Jobs Numbers for August
Photo Credit: The U.S. saw no jobs added to its leisure and hospitality sector for the month of August. Flickr / VisitPlano
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This has the Delta variant written all over it — and tepid service jobs hiring in hospitality takes its toll nationally.
A screeching halt to hiring in the leisure and hospitality sector weighed heavy on the overall U.S. jobs report.
No jobs were added to the hospitality industry in August, which led to a significantly lower-than-anticipated jobs figure. The U.S. added 235,000 jobs last month while economists had been expecting more than 700,000, according to reports from firms like Dow Jones and payroll services company ADP earlier in the week.
The slowdown in hotel hiring came as the Delta variant of the coronavirus began to impact travel demand around the world.
“The lack of increases
