Some other concerns are trying innovative recruitment strategies. Busch Gardens is busing employees in from neighboring cities. Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio is recruiting retirees. Others are searching for empty nesters and teachers. Other approaches are to increase wages, offer tuition remission, give bonuses for staying with an employer, offer more overtime, and benefits such as subsidized housing.
Questions Draw a labor supply and demand diagram of the U.S. labor market.
Bearing in mind the news story, show a shortage of employees, together with the wage rate and the level of employment. One set of solutions involves recruiting nontraditional workers such as retirees, working more overtime, and busing workers in from other cities. Illustrate on your diagram. Another strategy is to reduce operations. For example, beaches have been closed and lunchtime meals have been suspended.