With 60 open positions, city manager says Lawrence is seeing effects of tight labor market, encourages people to apply

City Manager Craig Owens says the City of Lawrence is feeling the effects of the nation’s tight labor market, and that it has more than double its usual number of job openings. Owens said the city currently has about 800 full-time employees and more than 60 openings, which he said is more than twice the number of openings the city usually has. He said a lot of the openings are with key critical services, such as police, utilities, solid waste, streets, administration and parks and recreation. “All of these departments are being impacted,” Owens said. “We just don’t have full staffing.”
Source: LJWorld.com.