With unemployment having dropped to a ten-year low of 4.4% last month, the market for summer seasonal jobs holds many opportunities for teens. According to a press release by outplacement and career transitioning firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas, last Read More
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E-Commerce vs Brick and Mortar? Retail Stores Need Not Fear
The online shopping phenomenon has been on the minds of many retailers, and become a source of anxiety among many brick and mortar stores. The National Retail Federation expects online sales to increase between 8 and 12 percent in 2017. Read More
Job Automation and Unemployment: Should You Worry?
There has been nonstop talk about the automation of jobs in many industries, from manufacturing to transportation to radiology, and the job loss that may result. In 2013, there was a popular study done around this idea by Carl Benedickt Read More
4 Powerful and Rewarding Career Paths for Retail Workers
Too often, retail is seen as a temporary fix instead of a stepping stone to a lucrative and fruitful career. Retail is a challenging field that gives workers numerous skills that can be used to help them move up to Read More
Ahead of the Competition: Most Hirable Qualities in Retail
The quality of a retail store’s customer service can make or break a sale, and determine whether or not a customer decides to go with that particular brand. And particularly during the holidays, retail stores look to hire the strongest Read More
Managing Stress in Customer Service
Customer service jobs can be extremely stressful, especially during the holidays, since customers’ anxieties tend to be heightened at this time of year, making them more difficult to deal with. A company’s success is highly dependent on the performance Read More
Beyond a Temporary Fix: Make Your Winter Seasonal Job Last
With hundreds of thousands of seasonal retail job openings up for grabs, chances are looking good for job seekers in the market for temporary work. Some people looking for winter seasonal jobs simply want some extra income and the opportunity Read More
Retail Customer Service Jobs: Create a Winning Job Description
With holiday shopping season already here, many retail companies are hustling to fill seasonal, as well as permanent, job openings. While finding candidates to fill these jobs may be a struggle, it is still always worth putting in the Read More
Top Companies Hiring for Winter Seasonal Jobs in 2016
There is no doubt about it: 2016 is shaping up to be a great year for winter seasonal jobs. Chicago-based outplacement and career transitioning firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas recently reported that retailers are looking to hire approximately 700,000 Read More
Hot for the Holidays: Popular Winter Seasonal Jobs for 2016
This past month, some of the biggest retail chains and transportation companies in America announced their hiring plans for the holiday season. Some of the companies hiring the most employees (meaning tens of thousands across the country) for winter Read More