Three months ago, the Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce recorded 5,700 job openings as businesses came back amid a receding COVID-19 pandemic. A month later, that number had nearly doubled.
Now, as the pandemic surges again, available Alachua County jobs are surging to still more unprecedented levels: On Wednesday the Greater Gainesville Chamber reported 12,085 openings across the county.
“It's a record high for our community,” Chamber President Eric Godet Sr. said in a phone interview. “When you talk to many of our businesses and retailers, they're having an incredible year. Their major concern is talent to continue with the growth.”
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