Darren Fisher owns the Rocky Mountain Bagel Company, but this summer that has meant working the cash register because he simply can't find people to work there.
"Our front end staff to serve customers, to make coffee, that's the positions that are our deepest hole."And he's not the only business cutting hours as he struggles to hire staff."It's been a summer unlike other summers," said Michel Dufresne, from the Job Resource Centre."We haven't seen a return of workers after the restrictions were lifted.
Dufresne also says many people in the area retired, or left the work force during the pandemic, leaving a glut of open jobs.The Labour Day long weekend marks the end of a busy season, though a whole new group of tourists show up when the snow flies."Over the summer period, we're seeing a few more vacancies," said Sunshine Mountain's Kendra Scurfield."And some of our food and beverage positions however in the winter time are still more attractive.