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title: "Associated Press: US Employers Are Hiring Briskly Even in Face of Rate Hikes"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/44aa703f-d039-4f67-972a-6c2e473cd7a3
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/associated-press-us-employers-are-hiring-briskly-even-in-face-of-rate-hikes-2720478
category: "Finance"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2022-11-23T20:15:52.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:08:59.632Z
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# Associated Press: US Employers Are Hiring Briskly Even in Face of Rate Hikes

**TL;DR:** US employers added 261,000 jobs in October, with companies like JDog Brands seeing an increase in sales and hiring more employees despite higher fuel costs. JDog Brands is growing in sales and hiring more employees across its 300-plus franchises nationwide.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2022-11-23. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/associated-press-us-employers-are-hiring-briskly-even-in-face-of-rate-hikes-2720478).*

## Story

In October alone, American employers added 261,000 jobs, showing that even during a period of inflation, there are job opportunities being created. Companies like JDog Brands had to raise their prices nationwide to cover the higher fuel costs but still see an increase in sales throughout the brand's 300-plus franchises nationwide. Even with inflation, the service brand can still grow in sales and hire more employees.

“They need laborers,” CEO of JDog Brands, Jerry Flanagan, said regarding the brand’s franchisees. “They need people hauling the junk. They need drivers; they need carpet cleaning technicians. They’re going to hold onto these people as long as they can. There’s so much work out there.”

Flanagan says that the brand and its franchisees will continue trying to avoid layoffs, even if the economy slows down. If there is a decline in services needed for the junk removal and carpet cleaning industry, employees can shift to distributing door-hanger advertisements, lawn signs and other marketing.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- franchise growth (topic)
- General (sector)
- inflation (topic)
- JDog Brands (company)
- hiring (topic)
- Jerry Flanagan (person)
- job market (topic)
- The Associated Press (company)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/associated-press-us-employers-are-hiring-briskly-even-in-face-of-rate-hikes-2720478). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/44aa703f-d039-4f67-972a-6c2e473cd7a3).