Companies loosen job requirements but challenges remain


              Sarah White, area manager of Lost Dog Cafe, poses for a portrait outside the cafe in Fairfax, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021.  Lost Dog is one of a growing number of companies that, in a desperation for hired hands, is loosening restrictions on everything from age to level of experience.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
            
              Karen Rosa, a bartender who was newly hired this year, works the bar at the Lost Dog Cafe, in Fairfax, Va., Friday, Aug. 27, 2021.  Lost Dog is one of a growing number of companies that, in a desperation for hired hands, is loosening restrictions on everything from age to level of experience. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
            
              Sarah White, center, area manager of Lost Dog Cafe, trains manager Alex Aleman, left, in a new pasta preparation technique, as they work at the cafe in Fairfax, Va., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Lost Dog is one of a growing number of companies that, in a desperation for hired hands, is loosening restrictions on everything from age to level of experience.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)