Local Businesses Face Looming Challenge As Holiday Shopping Season Kicks Off

Local businesses say they are struggling to hire due to the low unemployment rate and with the holiday season approaching they’re experiencing a new challenge with hiring seasonal workers.

Wednesday, November 24th 2021, 11:56 am

By: Anjelicia Bruton

Local businesses say they are struggling to hire due to the low unemployment rate and with the holiday season approaching they’re experiencing a new challenge with hiring seasonal workers.

Coming up at 4:30, News 9’s Anjelicia Bruton has more on how having an unemployment rate below 3% can impact businesses as they prepare for holiday shoppers.

Anjelicia Bruton

Anjelicia Bruton joined the News 9 family as a multi-media journalist in December 2020. She came to Oklahoma City from a station in Columbus, Georgia. In Columbus, Anjelicia covered stories on post at Fort Benning, deadly tornadoes in Alabama and an array of other stories.