Published January 11, 2023 Fewest Seasonal Retail Jobs Added Since 2009 While many employers planned for an economic downturn to begin 2023, the labor market remains tight and the economy added a solid number of jobs to end the year. Despite this, Retailers added the lowest number...
Published December 7, 2022 New Seasonal Retail Jobs Fall Below 2021 Levels As job cuts rise and economic softness looms, the number of seasonal jobs added in Retail has fallen to the lowest level for November since 2008, according to an analysis of non-seasonally adjusted data from...
Published October 6, 2022 Job Cuts Surge 46% In September, Up 68% From Same Month Last Year U.S.-based employers announced 29,989 cuts in September, a 46.4% increase from the 20,485 cuts announced in August. It is 67.6% higher than the 17,898 cuts announced in the same month...
Published September 22, 2022 Labor Shortage an Issue for Seasonal Hiring, But Recession Fears May Limit Need As the 2022 holiday season kicks off, seasonal employers are grappling with possibly falling consumer demand for the holidays, as planned rate increases, inflation, and potential recession fears take hold....
2021 Seasonal Hiring Final Report Published January 11, 2022 Retailers Added 7% Fewer Holiday Hires Despite record need and high demand, companies in Retail added 7% fewer seasonal jobs and those in Transportation and Warehousing added .14% fewer seasonal jobs this year compared to 2020, according to an...
U.S. EMPLOYERS ANNOUNCED FEWEST JOB CUTS ON RECORD IN 2021; 19,052 CUTS IN DECEMBER Published January 6, 2022 Job cuts announced by U.S.-based employers rose 28.1% in December to 19,052 from the 14,875 announced in November. It is 75.3% lower than the 77,030 announced in December 2020,...
2021 Seasonal Retail Hiring Update RETAILERS, TRANSPORTATION & WAREHOUSING CONTINUE TO ADD FEWER SEASONAL JOBS THAN IN 2020 Published December 14, 2021 Companies in Retail have added 7.5% fewer seasonal jobs and those in Transportation and Warehousing have added 8.4% fewer seasonal jobs this year compared to 2020,...
Published November 16, 2021 Challenger October 2021 Seasonal Hiring Update Despite over 940,000 hiring announcements from companies that need seasonal workers this year, the highest since Challenger began tracking in 2012, Retail seasonal hiring fell 9% from last October, and seasonal Transportation & Warehousing hiring fell 17%...
OCTOBER 2021 JOB CUTS RISE 28% TO 22,822 Published November 4, 2021 Job cuts announced by U.S.-based employers rose 27.5% in October to 22,822 from the 17,895 announced in September. It is the highest monthly total since May, when 24,586 cuts were recorded, according to a report...
2021 Seasonal Retail Hiring Outlook Published September 14, 2021 Few Large-scale Seasonal Hiring Announcements As Employers Worry About Finding Permanent Workers Ahead of the 2021 holiday season, retailers and other seasonal employers find themselves in the midst of a difficult labor shortage, raising wages and offering previously unheard-of benefits...
