Its hiring season again.
Those sales fueled tons of jobs.
In a typical year, hiring season is a good time to be a job seeker.
But this year is anything but typical.
(The job market) has most definitely changed.
The usual suspects are still hiring in really large numbers.
But bluntly, its a lot less.
Higher Demand for Fewer Jobs
The economic fallout from the coronavirus has decimated small businesses.
Better than ever by some measures.
But your local mom-and-pop shops are a crucial part of the seasonal hiring puzzle.
And theyre not doing nearly as well.
The huge difference is for small and medium-sized businesses, especially family-owned businesses.
A lot of them are gone.
We probably lost a fifth to a fourth of them, Lee said.
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Individually, a mom-and-pop shop might hire only a couple of seasonal workers.
But with thousands of small businesses out of the picture, those job losses become a big-picture issue.
Lee estimates the cumulative effect is in the millions of jobs.
Then consider that with record unemployment, demand for seasonal gigs is expected to be much higher.
According to the Department of Labor, more than 25 million Americans are collecting some form of unemployment benefit.
And week after week, more than 800,000 new unemployment claims roll in.
There are millions fewer seasonal gigs and about 24 million more people unemployed than at this time last year.
The result is that your seasonal job hunt is going to be much more competitive than previous years.
Adam Hardy is a staff writer at The Penny Hoarder.
He covers the gig economy, entrepreneurship and unique ways to make money.
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