Faces of the new jobs crisis, from restaurants to real estate

Every economic downturn has a different face. These are the people confronting the biggest challenges after the initial wave of shutdowns.

With terrible timing – like buying stocks in 1929 – Cam Jennings started his company, ACTIVATE.vegas, on March 2. The start-up’s mission is printing and distributing handbills for businesses on the Las Vegas Strip. Two weeks later, Nevada’s governor ordered all the casinos to close, and Mr. Jennings had no choice but to suspend operations.

“We kind of hit the ground running on the Strip, but there was...