#737 - Restaurant Owners in Portland See Spike in Applications as Federal Jobless Benefits End

It's been one week since federal pandemic unemployment benefits ended. In the days following, restaurants across Portland tell KATU News they saw a spike in people looking for work.

The owner at Chef's Table said his team is seeing about 50% more applicants, but this comes at a time when there are still many jobs to fill.

"This is a welcome influx, but I think the people that are coming back in and applying again are going to find out, or know already, that there are massive job openings and we need this level of applications and candidates for a couple of months to fill up," Kurt Huffman said.

Nate Tilden said in the last nine months, maybe two people walked in the door to drop off a resume. In the last week, that number jumped to about a dozen.

Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW, and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic.

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