Everyone Is Trying to Hire Factory and Construction Workers

American businesses are looking for workers at an impressive scale–especially to fill blue-collar jobs .

The Department of Labor said that there were 7.6 million vacant positions that employers were looking to fill at the end of May, a bit higher than in April and the highest number of openings since May of 2024. This was the second consecutive month of rising openings.

Economists had expected a decline to 7.3 million, expecting that an economic drag from high gas prices and uncertainty about the war with Iran would weigh on hiring intentions. Both consumers and businesses appear to…

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