Published December 18, 2024 2024 Seasonal Retail Hiring Update Seasonal employers are in the thick of the holiday season, and November is typically the month with the highest seasonal hiring. Though seasonal Retail numbers were revised up for October, November’s total is down 5% from the same...
Published December 10, 2024 2024 Holiday Party Survey Report Companies appear to be in party mode once again this year, according to a new survey released Tuesday from global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. The survey was conducted online among 173 Human...
Published October 31, 2024 U.S.-based employers announced 55,597 cuts in October, down 23.7% from the 72,821 cuts announced one month prior. It is 51% higher than the 36,836 cuts announced in the same month in 2023, according to a report released Wednesday from global outplacement and...
Published September 19, 2024 Job postings for seasonal employment at U.S. employers have begun to appear online and some companies have made large-scale seasonal announcements. Inflation is cooling, as are the labor market and consumer spending, but Retailers appear to be ramping up for a strong...
Published January 10, 2024 U.S. Retailers Staff Up in December for Solid Holiday U.S. Retailers added 119,700 jobs in December, marking a slight increase from the 102,400 jobs added in the same month of the previous year. This brings the total for the season to 564,200, an...
By Anne Marie Chaker Published December 18, 2023 Read the full article here. Goodbye, hotel ballrooms and DJs. Hello, office potlucks and budget cuts Last year, companies pulled out the stops and partied in December. This year's holiday parties are more likely to involve Santa cookies in the breakroom...
Published December 11, 2023 Retail remains cautious in November Retailers added virtually the same number of seasonal positions in November as they did in the same month last year, while Transportation and Warehousing companies have added the fewest seasonal positions in October and November since 2019, according...
Published November 9, 2023 Cautious and Optimistic Retailers Add 3% More Jobs Retailers approach October cautiously, but optimistically, adding 147,800 positions, a 3% increase from the 143,700 added in October 2022. Meanwhile, Transportation and Warehousing companies added 27% fewer workers in October than the same month last...
Published November 2, 2023 U.S.-based employers announced 36,836 cuts in October, a 22% decrease from the 47,457 cuts announced one month prior. It is 9% higher than the 33,843 cuts announced in the same month last year, according to a report released Thursday from global outplacement...
Published September 19, 2023 Holiday Season 2023 As the 2023 holiday season kicks off, the labor market is starting to cool and employers are hiring at a slower clip. As labor costs and interest rates rise, seasonal employers may rein in their typical hiring sprees, as both...
