Frontline Hiring Is Changing: What Data Says About Retail, Hospitality and Food Service

Inflation, economic uncertainty, and AI are creating unique challenges for retail, hospitality, and food service talent leaders—but they also present unique opportunities. In this session, Indeed’s Linsey Fagan and Daniel Culbertson will lay out the current macro environment before diving into proprietary job seeker data to uncover the crucial signals tied to positive hiring outcomes. We will explore the fluidity of the modern workforce by tracking how talent flows across these sectors and seasonal roles, while contrasting the unique dynamics of high-volume hourly hiring and how luxury brand recruitment is getting it right.

Through a self-guided workshop exercise, attendees will step back from daily demands to map out what these shifts mean for their own organizations, leaving with a clear, targeted action plan.