Weekly Hourly Hiring Report 3/16/2021

How COVID-19 is affecting hourly work

Snagajob is here to help you navigate the hourly hiring landscape during this pandemic. Our proprietary data gives us a unique perspective on hourly job trends and we can see how both workers and employers are responding in real-time. One of the most valuable things we can offer you is a view into these insights and hiring trends. We’re here to give you helpful context as you make business decisions. 

Weekly Hourly Hiring Report 3/15/21

Highlights

Overall jobs are up 103% year over year and 35% month over month. And Google searches for part-time jobs are down 8% year over year—as expected given stimulus checks are in the mail.

Pent-up consumer demand is predicted to surge into the economy late this spring, signaling the  early days of a post-pandemic reality. We’re already seeing positive signs of a stronger than expected job market recovery with jobless claims dropping by 42,000 last week. As cases continue to drop and the vaccine keeps rolling out at 2M+ vaccinations a day, it’s time to start planning for summer hiring.   

In fact, 88% of businesses who traditionally hire for the summer plan to do so this year.

Yet due to the uncertainty regarding the pace of "reopening," we expect summer hiring to be delayed 1-2 months versus normal years past, with volume hiring likely concentrated in May and June vs April and May.

In particular, we expect strong growth in restaurant jobs where there is significant consumer demand. Hospitality will be mixed based on the expectation that business travel will take longer to return to pre-pandemic levels, but data trends are moving in the right direction for the airlines and airport vendors.  Ahead of an expected surge in summer travel, TSA is hiring 6,000 new security officers around the country. 

Jobs

Here are the latest job numbers by industry:

Quick service restaurant (QSR) jobs are flat month over month and down 26% year over year.

Sit-down restaurant jobs are up 16% month over month and down 34% year over year.

Warehouse and logistics jobs are up 38% month over month and down 39% year over year.

Retail jobs are up 62% month over month and up 259% year over year.

Grocery jobs are down 10% month over month and up 22% year over year.

Hospitality jobs are up 54% month over month and up 141% year over year.

On demand jobs are up 53% month over month and up 470% year over year.

Convenience store jobs are up 4% month over month and down 31% year over year.

Healthcare jobs are down 15% month over month and up 33% year over year.

Workers

Google searches for part-time jobs are down 7% year over year.

The bottom line

As always, we’re staying tuned to economists, industry leaders and credible data sources—including our own. Plus, we continue to talk to hourly workers and employers to see how they’re feeling about the situation. 

We’ll keep you informed as the job market evolves in the critical weeks ahead with our employer and worker survey data infographics and this weekly report.