It’s not even officially fall yet, but delivery companies and retailers are making their hiring lists for the holiday season.
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UPS ( UPS ) announced that it expects to hire about 95,000 seasonal employees to support the anticipated increase in package volume that will begin in November and continue through January 2017.
More than 37 percent of those hired for seasonal package handler jobs from the 2012 through 2014 holiday seasons were later promoted to full-time employment at UPS, the release stated. “But with many of our holiday hires getting permanent jobs with us, it can also be a gateway to a career”.
Toys R Us said Wednesday that it is now accepting applications to fill thousands of part-time positions at its stores and distribution facilities. A year ago, the package delivery service said it expected to hire between 90,000 and 95,000 seasonal employees.
SNJ Today is a Southern New Jersey news and information source based in Millville, New Jersey that is dedicated to providing current stories related specifically to South Jersey. Target, for example, said it would add 7,500 people in distribution centers. In 2015, retailers added about 738,800 seasonal jobs, down 1.4 percent from the year before, according to government figures.
Peter Harrison, CEO of Snagajob.com, a site on which employers post and applicants browse job listings, said the tight labor market is pushing many employers to lock up seasonal workers earlier each year. UPS tries to make the jobs more enticing by noting that about one-third of seasonal hires eventually land year-round jobs at the company. Abney started at the package delivery company, loading trucks part time, when he was a college student.
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