The Trend: Kalamazoo County continues to rebound, gaining more than 7,700 jobs from Q2 2020 to Q3 2020. However, between February and March 2021, there was functionally no change within the labor force in the county. Exactly why is difficult to determine, as there may be several things causing this failure to move the needle. One notable issue has been that employers reportedly are having difficulty in finding workers, but the cause for these reported labor shortages remains unclear. Job postings were higher in March than in February, as there were slightly more postings in Health Care and Social Assistance and Manufacturing.
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