The seasonal hiring push is well under way. Major retailers have been announcing significant hiring plans left and right, including Target and UPS, which will add more than 230,000 seasonal workers between them. This is all in anticipation of a huge holiday sales season, with the National Retail Federation (NRF) forecasting that holiday retail sales during November and December will total more than $730 billion.
Hiring up seems to be the natural solution to accommodate this influx of shoppers. However, with unemployment at an all-time low, these companies will be forced to compete for a relatively small pool of candidates, and many will have to settle for employees with less experience than they might otherwise hire—and they’ll need to catch them quickly.
