‘We’re hiring like crazy’: Why DFW’s labor market is about to turn — with lasting changes via Dallas News

It’s a cliché to say the pandemic year was unlike any other, and don’t be surprised to hear the same about 2021, because both descriptions are likely to be true.

In Dallas-Fort Worth, where job growth feels like a birthright, the region lost nearly 122,000 jobs last year, according to seasonally adjusted data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. That’s the highest annual job loss ever for D-FW, and 12,000 more than in 2009 during the Great Recession.

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