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This article appeared in the May 12, 2021 edition of the Monitor Daily.

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Free college tuition? How restaurants are recruiting new workers.

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A hiring sign offers a $500 bonus outside a McDonald's restaurant in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, May 5, 2021. U.S. employers posted a record number of available jobs in March, starkly illustrating the desperation of businesses to hire more people as the economy expands.
David Clark Scott
Cover Story Editor

There are all sorts of ways to get America back to work.听

In recent days, the Republican governors of Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wyoming announced they are provided on top of state assistance. 鈥淚t鈥檚 time for everyone who can to get back to work,鈥 Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday, while noting the state has a 3.7% unemployment rate.

While some states are cutting benefits, Skyler Reeves is boosting them. Go to work at one of the five restaurants Mr. Reeves owns in Prescott, Arizona, and after three months working full time, he鈥檒l pay the full tuition ($2,492) at Yavapai College, a local community college.听

厂耻肠丑听 are increasingly common at big chains, such as Starbucks, Chipotle, and McDonald鈥檚. As the Monitor reported, restaurants are struggling to find workers, and are turning to creative incentives, including signing bonuses of $3,000. The Illinois-based Portillo鈥檚 Hot Dogs chain is offering $250 hiring bonuses, paying social media influencers to promote openings, and driving around a 鈥渂eef bus鈥 to help recruit workers, .听

Is Mr. Reeves鈥 tuition offer working? In the first week, the number of job applicants went from zero to 20 people. He tells ABC15-TV in Phoenix,聽鈥


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