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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Table games dealer Margarita Todorova demonstrates opening a blackjack table, in the Van Slyck’s Party Pit at Rivers Casino in Schenectady on Friday, September 3, 2021. Rivers is 10% short of its workforce goal, and hiring new employees is a continual effort.

Capital Region

Still Hiring: Target-rich environment for job hunters in tight labor market

CAPITAL REGION — Labor Day 2021 finds the Capital Region labor market still waiting to turn the corner, with many… Read more »

Daily Gazette Business Editor John Cropley talks with CDTA Safety and Training Supervisor Juan Ovalle after test driving a CDTA bus Friday. (Photo by Jaime Kazlo/CDTA)

Capital Region

CDTA opens the bus doors to would-be drivers at job fair

ALBANY — If CDTA riders felt a disturbance in The Force at lunchtime Friday, no worries … that was just… Read more »

Barbara Kessler, staffing and development professional with Price Chopper/Market 32 talks to an applicant at the Malta location during a hiring event at several Capital Region stores Tuesday afternoon.

Saratoga County

Price Chopper recruiting efforts bump up against the tight labor market

MALTA — The labor shortage was on display Tuesday in the foyer of the Malta Price Chopper: One hour into… Read more »

Reagan Delaney of Ballston Lake fills out a job application with Jennifer Marin at Saratoga Race Course on Wednesday, July 7, 2021.

Saratoga Springs

Saratoga business community eager but short-staffed for renewed tourism season

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The city and surrounding region stand on the brink of the 2021 Saratoga Race Course meet with heightened… Read more »