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In recent weeks, several companies in the United States have already begun to prepare for the Christmas holiday season, the time of year when consumers spend the most money, according to statistics.
They are called “temporary workers” and despite the fact that the pandemic and the Delta variant keep the expectation the financial field, large companies must prepare for this time of consumption. Because for this year an increase in consumption is predicted.
In this sense, the consulting firm KPMG predicts for US retailers that sales during the Christmas period will increase by 7% compared to the previous year.
At the moment, the Most of the positions available are in online shipping and delivery companies or commercial stores. While the main attraction is to offer bonuses and increases in minimum wages.
Just yesterday 15 September took place the “Amazon Career Day” the virtual event of recruitment of personnel for the company. And featured 40, 000 corporate and technology positions available to work in more of their 220 locations.
But many more US companies have the application for jobs.
Companies that are hiring at the moment
- UPS: For the holiday season is hiring 90, 000 full-time and part-time workers, in order to meet the high demand for deliveries during these months. The charges of drivers, package loaders, and driver assistants stand out. UPS offer is $ 18 dollars per hour plus bonuses.
- USPS : The United States Postal Service is another of the great companies that begins to prepare for the arrival of the Christmas festivities , therefore it has announced that from now on it will be hiring about 1, 500 workers per week and will do it until you have a full team for the busiest time of the year.
- Kohl’s: Looking to hire some 90, 000 temporary employees for your stores and warehouses. As an incentive, it offers bonuses that go up to $ 400 dollars. Additionally, Kohl’s is also recruiting staff in the cosmetics area for the Sephora mini-stores now present at their locations .
- Michaels: He has announced that he will hire 25% more than the number of temporary employers who were in the 2020; i.e. more than 20 , 000 workers who, in addition to offering a competitive salary, offer the opportunity to remain as permanent employees in the company.
- 1-800 Flowers.com : online company dedicated to sending flowers and arrangements, has announced that it has open the recruitment for 10, 000 employees. In order to fill part-time jobs.
- Aldi: the supermarket chain present in almost all of the United States, has announced that from 20 to the 24 of September, they will have a week of hiring of new personnel. And the figure that they have given for their search is 20, 01 new employees, mainly cashiers and storekeepers. They offer salaries between $ 15 and $ 19 dollars per hour.
More than ever, since the start of the pandemic the shortage of employees has been present, despite the fact that Applications are remarkable, not everyone completes the process, some never show up for the interview. For July, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showed a record number of 10. 9 million vacancies nationwide.