The first recovery from the pandemic gave optimism and hope for a brighter future for hospitality workers —then the Delta variant hit. But still the industry is showing signs of growth if only in starts and stops. Now comes the fun part: getting hospitality workers back to their pre-pandemic posts. This can be quite challenging. Not only are industry leaders competing with unemployment and stimulus payments, but also with the same obstacles that were in place before the virus.

We all know that during the Covid pandemic many people lost their jobs. And then after what we thought was the end of the pandemic, employers couldn’t find qualified workers. In fact, many in the hospitality industry could not even find warm bodies. Whether due to government incentives to stay home or simply wanting a change of work, filling vacancies became quite the challenge.