While Black Friday is just one week away and most retailers have completed their hiring of temporary seasonal workers, those getting a late or slow start on their holiday job search should not throw in the towel, just yet, according to one employment authority. “It is...
Published November 7, 2016 Despite large-scale hiring announcements from numerous major retailers, the number of October employment gains in the sector declined 21-percent from a year ago to 154,600. That was the fewest job gains to kick off the holiday hiring season since 2012, according to an...
Monthly job cuts increased to close out the third quarter, as employers announced plans to shed 44,324 workers from the payrolls in September, according to the report released Thursday by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. Last month’s total was 38 percent higher than...
Published on: Sep 13, 2016 Target was the first major retailer to reveal its national holiday hiring plans, announcing Monday that it will add nearly 70,000 extra workers in its stores this year. That represents just under 10 percent of the more than 700,000 retail job gains...
MONTHLY JOB CUTS SURGE 218% TO 75,114 IN JANUARYHeavy Layoffs in Energy and Retail Drive Increase Heavy downsizing in the retail and energy sectors pushed monthly job cut announcements to their highest level since last summer, according to the latest report on monthly job cuts released...
Published on: Jan 13, 2016 Once again, after getting off to a strong start in October, holiday hiring among retailers fizzled in November and December. Overall, seasonal employment gains were 1.2 percent lower than in 2014, making it the second consecutive year in which holiday hires declined. Retail...
November Retail Hiring Falls To 4-year Low Published December 8, 2015 Retailers Add 394,100 In November, 5% Fewer Than A Year Ago After adding a record number of workers in October, the pace of hiring among the nation’s retailers dropped to a four-year low in November, according to an...
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October Sees Record Breaking Hiring Retailers Add More Than 200,000 Published on: Nov 17, 2015 Most October Job Gains Ever Recorded Holiday hiring got off to its strongest start ever last month, as retailers added more than 200,000 new workers in October. However, the record pace is not expected...
