Travel Companies Are Hiring Despite Epic Job Losses
Skift Take
Amidst the carnage, there are job openings in the travel industry. However, many of the opportunities won't get rank-and-file restaurant or hospitality workers back collecting paychecks and benefits anytime soon.
Despite the potential loss of nearly 200 million travel and tourism jobs this year under Covid-19-generated, worst-case scenarios, some travel companies around the world are still hiring.
Sure, the daily torrent of headlines, including United Airlines considering cutting 36,000 jobs and Skyscanner lopping off 300 positions in the past week, is unrelenting. And we are not trying to downplay the trauma.
But poke around travel companies' career sections on their websites, LinkedIn, and other jobs sites, and you'll find a smattering of open positions. For example, in a random search, we found several companies in German
