As you may have noticed, the day after Halloween, shopping malls and other retail locations start decorating for the holidays. Most retailers look for extra employees around the holidays, especially to help with the Black Friday rush. While these jobs with retailers may not be long-term, they can definitely help you pay for the extra [...]
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Right now, vineyards and wineries across the United States are harvesting grapes and starting the fermenting process so that new vintages of wine can be created. Because there’s additional work in the fall, many wineries hire temporary workers. These seasonal winery jobs typically last from now until after the holidays, though it depends on the [...]
In an job market where not many industries are growing as fast as the number of people in the job market, retail seems like an attractive option for many people. As the economy begins to get back on track, more people are spending money in the retail sector, so workers are readily needed. However, as [...]
Today, thousands of shoppers are traveling to their favorite stores to take advantage of Black Friday sales. If you’re out of work, you may see signs in several of these locations announcing that they need holiday help. Don’t discount retail positions. While there are definite downsides to this job, there are amazing perks as well. [...]
Today, Walmart announced plans to expand in the Washington, D.C. area, which will not only provide access to affordable, healthy food options for residents, but which could also help combat the nearly 10% unemployment rate in our nation’s capital. They’re starting with a two-year plan for stores in four different areas, which will lead to [...]
Welcome to our weekly hot jobs post, where I tell you about three of the hottest leads for jobs over at our free JobMonkey Job Center. This week, I’m focusing on the fun career track of video game programming. There are a dozen or more video game jobs up on the Job Center tonight, so if [...]
Parade Magazine ran a great feature in last weekend’s paper with the top 10 jobs for a recession. Some of them were the same-old standards I’ve been posting about for the last year (like in Job Search Tips for the Economic Recovery and Newsweek’s Top Recession Proof Careers). But there were a couple jobs on [...]
According to the job placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., the annual holiday hiring outlook “might improve slightly over last year, but only because 2008 saw the lowest seasonal employment growth in nearly 20 years.” Retail spending has gone up slightly over the past three months, which may signal to retailers that consumers will [...]
