Over a year ago, industries like fast food and entertainment reported a lack of employees, causing some businesses to alter hours, raise prices to accommodate higher salaries, or close down. Then the worker shortages spread, and now it seems that almost every employment sector faces challenges related to not having enough people available to do the necessary jobs. The Topeka Capital-Journal recently reported that the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed a 4.7 percent drop in the number of public sector workers in Kansas translates into around 12,000 vacant jobs. While those numbers may not alarm most readers, showing their practical implications might.
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