As the restaurant industry slogs its way out of the recession, other retail sectors are increasingly competing for and luring away trained and talented workers, experts said during the recent People Report Workforce Symposium.

High unemployment and its resulting large pool of eager job candidates is actually masking intense competition for skilled and trained workers, panelists told nearly 200 restaurant recruiting and training executives attending the conference, which was held June 8-10 in Frisco, Texas.

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