Amazon will hire 50,000 temporary workers for the holiday season, adding to the ever-growing list of seasonal hires. Similar announcements have come from big-box retailers Wal-Mart and Target, as well as from Toys R Us, Macy’s, JC Penney, and Best Buy.
Leading outplacement company Challenger Gray and Christmas, Inc., predicts this year will see better hiring than last, but we are far from pre-recession levels.
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Announced Seasonal Hiring |
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| Target | Retail |
90,000 |
| Macy’s | Retail |
80,000 |
| Kohl’s | Retail |
52,700 |
| Wal-Mart | Retail |
50,000 |
| Amazon | Retail |
50,000 |
| Toys R Us | Retail |
45,000 |
| JC Penney | Retail |
40,000 |
| Party City | Retail |
20,000 |
| Gamestop |
Retail |
17,000 |
| Best Buy | Retail |
14,000 |
| Hickory Farms | Food |
5,225 |
| TOTAL |
463,925 |
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