Private sector employment in the United States rose by a forecast-beating 534,000 jobs in November, according to the Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Research Institute, with the solid number coming despite one of the worst worker shortages in decades and rising inflation. The numbers however, show a small decline from October, when companies added 571,000 new positions. “The labor market recovery continued to power through its challenges last month,” ADP Chief Economist Nela Richardson said in a statement. “November’s job gains bring the three month average to 543,000 monthly jobs added, a modest uptick from the job pace earlier this year.” Large firms led the gains with 277,000 jobs, followed by mid-sized businesses at 142,000, and small business hiring coming in at 115,000. The service sector led the way in terms of job gains with 424,000 new hires in November. The leisure and hospitality industry, which was the hit hardest by the pandemic, accounted …