“The burnout factor is real,” Catherine Fink of Longmont, Colorado, says of teaching. She’s starting her first year of law school.

Carol Wrobleski got a coach and turned her closet into a studio. Then a different full-time opportunity came along.

Denver travel agent Sarah Fazendin says clients are spending more on extras than they would have before the pandemic.

When business came to a halt for Gretchen Culver in Minneapolis, she launched a new business focusing on weddings with 30 or fewer guests.

Teenagers have been picking up more jobs during this year.

Gretchen Blough, a customs broker at Logistics Plus in Erie, Pennsylvania, said that the ships, trucks, tariffs and supply shortages are peppering the shipping industry.

“I couldn’t do it anymore,” said Abby Norman, a former schoolteacher in Atlanta.

Dean’s Sweets in Portland, Maine, has had “crazy growth,” but it’s competing with other local businesses for employees.

Many employers are turning to younger people to fill labor shortages as business reopen. Two teenagers share their work stories.

Irene Kesselman, owner of Ali Cat Toys, describes how back orders are taking up more of her time.