Retailers Still Hiring For The Holidays
By
Steve Milne
Monday, November 26, 2012
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If you’re looking for a seasonal job over the holidays, you may still have time to find one. Employers typically continue hiring well into the holiday shopping season.
Labor market analysts say retailers are still in the process of staffing-up for the holidays…
"If the averages are any indication, we see a little bit of hiring going into October but we should see more of hiring in November and December."
That's Justin Wehner with the state Employment Development
Department. He says the retail sector in the four-county Sacramento
region typically gains 3,200 jobs in November and 1,900 jobs in
December.
Another sector that will likely see a bump up in numbers is
"food services" or restaurants. Wehner says those jobs usually
decline after summer…
"…however, in December on average we do see an increase in
that industry of about 800. But as to whether that's specifically
attributed to holiday shopping - probably."
"Probably" he says because there's no way to track it. But
common sense suggests, big crowds of holiday shoppers get hungry
and thirsty…and tend to eat out.