With Major Events Looming, Meet Boston Holds Hospitality Job Fair

Chaiel Schaffel

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
In the next year or so, Boston's hospitality industry is
going to juggle some high stakes happenings.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Two hundred and fiftyth FIFA and the tolls ships come in.
It's twenty billion dollar industry.

Speaker 1 (00:10):
That's part of why Conan Harris is one of the
hosts here at Meet Boston's Career fair. The local hotels, bars, restaurants,
and tour groups need workers. Not too long ago, right
after the pandemic, the service industry saw a massive workers shortfall,
durraught us. With the Sheraton Boston, we've seen some relief.

Speaker 3 (00:26):
In that regard, but there's still a lot of searching
for the individuals that are both a match and effect.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
Former city councilor Tito Jackson now runs Apex, a rooftop bar.
He's taking a staff friendly approach.

Speaker 4 (00:38):
This mentality that you just work for us and you
do what we say and the light is absolutely one
that doesn't work.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
For the long term. He says. The worker first attitude
has greatly helped retention Kyle Schaffeld to be busy Boston
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