'Everybody is eager to hire somebody': Employers take to job fair in hopes of ending working shortage

Acadiana Business Today: 'Everybody is eager to hire somebody': Employers take to job fair in hopes of ending working shortage

with Adam Daigle | Business editor

Good morning, Acadiana. Here's what we have this morning for business news. The job fair held Wednesday fell on the first week the state began declining the federal unemployment benefit. Most of the people who spoke with The Acadiana Advocate at the fair indicated they are already employed and were looking for something better, while the nearly 100 employers were there looking for workers in this era of employee shortages:

'Everybody is eager to hire somebody': Employers take to job fair in hopes of ending working shortage

Nearly 100 companies were out looking for workers at the job fair, which ended up falling just days after the state stopped taking the $300 weekly federal unemployment benefit as part of the COVID-19 relief bill on top of the state benefit, which maxes out at $247 a week. Here's of the story.