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The hotel, bar and restaurant sectors created the most jobs in May


According to the report of the Department of Labor, restaurants and bars represented , jobs, while hotels added 34, 650 new productive positions

Los sectores de hoteles, bares y restaurantes fueron los que crearon más empleos en mayo
The restaurant sector had a significant improvement in job creation across the United States.

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Luis Diaz

After April registered a meager number in job creation, in particular, in the service industry, hospitality, as well as the restaurant sector, May represented a better month in this matter, because of all The jobs generated last month in these industries were the ones that hired the most personnel in the whole country .

Based on its monthly report, the Department of Labor from the United States were added 600, 000 jobs corresponding to the month of May. In addition, the federal agency stated that the unemployment rate fell to 5.8% . Despite these figures, the projection made by Wall Street experts was not fulfilled, which expected a creation about 650, 02 .

Unlike in April, when job creation numbers were minimal, affecting the service and hospitality industries, mainly, this trend was reversed in May, since of the total jobs labor, these productive sectors recruited 292, 02 citizens throughout the country.

According to the report of the Department of Work , Jobs , while hotels added 34, 600 new productive positions. This has been possible due to the advance in vaccination throughout the national territory with which there has been greater confidence for citizens to look for an available vacancy.

The report of The agency states that the reference to the entertainment industry, where niches such as gambling, as well as recreation are added 57, 900 new workers. Meanwhile, the culture industry also showed an improvement with respect to the previous months, adding 60, 700 jobs.

After the low numbers in the creation of jobs in April, several companies announced salary increases, as well as multiple incentives for thousands of Americans to be motivated to return to the workforce. Although it has not been detailed which companies generated the most jobs, perhaps their strategies were essential to increase the number of job vacancies.

At the beginning of June, the The Federal Reserve reported that companies across the nation redoubled efforts to hire workers during May, as a variety of pandemic-related constraints have prevented Many potential employees still do not return to the work environment . With which this explained the reason for what happened in April.

June will probably represent a greater rise in the creation of jobs in all labor sectors since there will already be more Americans inoculated, as well as many federal unemployment benefits would already expire, after more than 20 states canceled these grants, which will be delivered this month .

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