Arcade Bar owner Dr Brad Goldsmith said he was recently left short-staffed and unable to hire a replacement after his bar manager resigned.

Dr Goldsmith said he posted an advertisement on job and hospitality pages, but did not receive any applications for two weeks.

"I advertised the position on several Facebook pages with one post reaching over 6229 people," he said.

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Despite the strength of the post, Dr Goldsmith said he only received three applications.

Even then, he said the full-time position was only filled after a casual employee from another establishment contacted him.

Dr Goldsmith said with the position offering above award wages and several perks he could not understand why the role remained vacant for so long.

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Owner of Sporties Hotel Nick Daking said he was also struggling to attract and retain staff for his bar.

Mr Daking explained most of the positions he was trying to fill were casual roles traditionally taken up by students and international travellers.

However, he said with fewer people coming to Tasmania the workforce had dried up.

"The workforce just isn't here or the workforce has changed and gone into other industries," he said.

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Mr Daking said despite offering a competitive wage a common problem was the lack of motivation in job seekers.

"We're really getting frustrated as a business when we have multiple people lined up to do interviews, that have applied for a job, but then people don't turn up to the interview, or they just don't turn up to a trial shift, I mean it is extremely frustrating," he said.

"An 18-year-old with no training can come into any business and earn $25 an hour and upwards of $50 on a public holiday and more than $35 on a Sunday, I think that's extremely competitive.

"There's just absolutely no desire for these kids to work, that's the frustrating thing."

Mr Daking said he recently spoke to 10 hospitality operators who had 40 open positions between them.

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Minister for Hospitality and Events Sarah Courtney said hospitality was one of several sectors that would benefit from more education and training.

"It's great to be also here today at sports garden because we know that hospitality is one of those sectors that benefits from VET training," she said.

Sports Garden Hotel co-owner Matt Goss, who can employ up to three apprentices, said having an existing network and providing education and training programs meant he was able to maintain his staffing levels.

"It's not too bad, the systems are in place, we've got a good network with people we've worked within the past and the organisations we've worked with," he said.

"It's just finding those people that are keen to make a change or to start their career as they're leaving school.

"We have a good path at the moment where we collect our guys and girls and put them onto apprenticeships."

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