Restaurant job growth surpasses national job growth rates

The National Restaurant Association reports that in one year (June 2011 – June 2012), the restaurant industry is outpacing the national job growth rate of 1.3 percent with a rate 2.7 percent. This is huge in national economic recovery efforts. Since 2010, the restaurant industry has added more than 575,000 jobs and maintains 10% of the total U.S. workforce.
20 percent of restaurant operators are planning to increase staffing for the second half of 2012