One-in-Five Employers Plan to Hire Seasonal Help This Holiday Season, CareerBuilder.com Survey Finds
November 01 2007 - 7:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Higher Pay for Holiday Jobs Expected This Year CHICAGO, Nov. 1
/PRNewswire/ -- Short on cash for this year's holiday shopping
list? One-in-five employers (22 percent) said they are planning to
hire seasonal help for the holidays. Among those who are hiring
seasonal employees, 21 percent are increasing wages compared to
last year with 41 percent offering $10 or more per hour. Those who
are interested in seasonal positions should not sit idle. Eighteen
percent of companies hiring for seasonal help said they would take
applications through September. Twenty-nine percent planned to
accept applications through October, while 31 percent will accept
applications in November and 15 percent in December. When it comes
to the industries that are hiring for the holidays, retail
invariably leads the pack with 62 percent of retail employers
stating they will hire seasonal staff in the fourth quarter.
Thirty-nine percent of hospitality employers, 27 percent of IT
employers, 24 percent of sales employers and 23 percent of
banking/finance employers said they intend to add seasonal hires to
their staffs. What seasonal jobs are available? CareerBuilder.com
provides the following examples: -- Retail - stores are adding
salespeople, cashiers, greeters and stockers to handle the extra
rush. -- Hospitality - restaurants in popular holiday destinations
are staffing up and hotels and resorts are looking for ski
instructors, hotel clerks and housekeepers. -- Customer Service -
companies are augmenting their customer service staffs to handle
increased gift orders and returns. -- Office Support/Clerical -
across all industries, offices need temps to prepare for year-end
reporting and to handle the workloads of vacationing employees. --
Transportation and Delivery - delivery drivers will be in high
demand as consumers continue to increase online shopping. "When
pursuing seasonal positions, candidates who treat the application
and interview process like that of a full-time position will have
an advantage," said Rosemary Haefner, Vice President of Human
Resources at CareerBuilder.com. "Thirty-seven percent of employers
said they are likely to hire a seasonal worker for a full-time
position. A candidate who is knowledgeable about the employer's
business and customers and demonstrates the ability to thrive in
high pressure situations will stand out from the masses and perhaps
land permanent placement on the team." Haefner recommends the
following tips for securing seasonal positions: -- Be Flexible: 40
percent of employers said the inability to work certain hours is
the biggest turnoff when considering candidates. -- Show
Enthusiasm: 34 percent of employers said a lack of enthusiasm on
the candidate's part will likely leave them unenthusiastic about
your application. -- Be Knowledgeable: 9 percent of employers said
a candidate who knows nothing about the company's products or
services is less likely to be considered. -- Don't Discount
Yourself: 7 percent of employers said acting more interested in the
employee discount than the opportunity will work against you.
Survey Methodology This survey was conducted online within the
United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder.com
among 2,929 hiring managers and human resource professionals
(employed full-time; not self-employed; with at least significant
involvement in hiring decisions) ages 18 and over between August 10
and September 4, 2007 (percentages for some questions are based on
a subset of 635 hiring managers, based on their responses to
certain questions). Figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity,
education, region and household income were weighted where
necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in
the population. The data have been weighted to reflect the
composition of U.S. employers, and propensity score weighting was
also used to adjust for respondents' propensity to be online. With
a pure probability sample of 2,929, one could say with a
ninety-five percent probability that the overall results have a
sampling error of +/-2 percentage points. Sampling error for data
from sub-samples is higher and varies. However that does not take
other sources of error into account. This online survey is not
based on a probability sample and therefore no theoretical sampling
error can be calculated. A full methodology is available upon
request. About CareerBuilder.com CareerBuilder.com is the nation's
largest online job site with more than 22 million unique visitors
and over 1.5 million jobs. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI),
Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB), The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI) and
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), the company offers a vast online and
print network to help job seekers connect with employers.
CareerBuilder.com powers the career centers for more than 1,100
partners, including 150 newspapers and leading portals such as
America Online and MSN. More than 300,000 employers take advantage
of CareerBuilder.com's easy job postings, 23 million-plus resumes,
Diversity Channel and more. CareerBuilder.com and its subsidiaries
operate in the U.S., Europe, Canada and Asia. For more information,
visit http://www.careerbuilder.com/. Media Contact: Jennifer
Sullivan Grasz 773-527-1164 DATASOURCE: CareerBuilder.com CONTACT:
Jennifer Sullivan Grasz of CareerBuilder.com, +1-773-527-1164, Web
site: http://www.careerbuilder.com/
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