Career moves

Social-distancing restrictions related to the coronavirus have hit hospitality employment particularly hard, and that presents a hiring opportunity for an online lender needing more help with consumer-facing work.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending March 27.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending March 20.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending March 13.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending March 6.

A drop in interest rates in response to the coronavirus outbreak is adding urgency to a hiring spree across the mortgage industry.

Leonard Chanin, a senior official at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., has been tapped to serve on a part-time basis as the No. 2 official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to a news report.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Feb. 28.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Feb. 21.

Dana Wade would succeed Brian Montgomery, the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.