Bay Area job market soars in February ahead of coronavirus-spawned layoffs
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/03/27/bay-area-job-market-soars-february-coronavirus-layoff-tech-hotel-retail-restaurant-economy/
The job market in the Bay Area powered to robust gains during February, an upbeat report that arrives just ahead of what’s expected to be a string of grim setbacks and brutal employment losses for the region’s economy unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Bay Area employers added 8,000 jobs in February, gains that were led by Santa Clara County and San Francisco-San Mateo, but the timing of when state officials conducted their research doesn’t reflect job losses that are already known to have begun due to the coronavirus outbreak.