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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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%

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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

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FEWER RETAIL, TRANSPORTATION & WAREHOUSING JOBS ADDED IN OCTOBER 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,

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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

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