TACOMA,
Wash., May 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PeopleReady,
a TrueBlue company (NYSE: TBI), is gearing up to once again support
the hospitality industry with its anticipated summer hiring surge.
With upcoming sports and entertainment events expected to draw
large crowds across the nation, staffing giant PeopleReady is
poised to connect businesses with qualified workers at marquee
events like the Indy500, NBA Finals, and U.S. Open, as well as
concert tours, festivals, and regular season sports like MLB and
NASCAR.
"We see demand for hospitality workers surge in the busy spring
and summer months. As the go-to-provider for hospitality staffing,
proactively meeting these seasonal hiring needs is a top priority,"
said Kristy Willis, President of
PeopleReady. "We are excited for a productive summer as we empower
businesses across the U.S. to staff some of the country's most
anticipated sports and entertainment events of the year."
Preparing for this uptick in hiring needs, the industry has
posted more than 313,000 new hospitality positions in the past 30
days. PeopleReady's analysis of millions of job postings in the
U.S. showed that the following jobs have some of the highest
increases in openings:
- First-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation
workers
- Food preparation workers
- Bartenders
- Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers
- Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants
- Parking attendants
For more than three decades, PeopleReady has been a trusted
provider of hospitality staffing with teams in more than 600
markets across the U.S. The company provides staffing solutions for
all types of venues, including sports arenas, stadiums, theaters
and concert halls and has expertise filling positions from ticket
takers to concession workers and bartenders. Empowered by
PeopleReady's JobStack app, job seekers can search for work
anywhere, anytime and complete the application process right from
their phones.
As further recognition of PeopleReady's impact in the
hospitality space, Hospitality Business Review recently
named the company a Top 10 Hospitality Staffing Provider.
About TrueBlue
TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) is a leading provider of specialized
workforce solutions that help clients achieve business growth and
improve productivity. In 2023, TrueBlue served 67,000 clients and
connected approximately 464,000 people to work. Its PeopleReady
segment offers on-demand, industrial staffing; PeopleScout offers
recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and managed service provider
(MSP) solutions to a wide variety of industries; and
PeopleManagement offers contingent, on-site industrial staffing and
commercial driver services. Learn more at
www.trueblue.com.
About PeopleReady
PeopleReady, a TrueBlue company (NYSE: TBI), specializes in
quick and reliable on-demand labor and highly skilled workers.
PeopleReady supports a wide range of industries, including
construction, manufacturing and logistics, retail and hospitality.
Leveraging its game changing JobStack staffing app and presence in
more than 600 markets throughout the U.S., PeopleReady connected
more than 195,000 people to work in 2023. Learn more at
www.peopleready.com.
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