Macy’s plans to add 85000 seasonal holiday workers

USA retailers get nearly a 3rd of their annual gross sales and virtually 40 % of their income within the buying season that begins a day after Thanksgiving and goes on till early January.

Macy’s Inc.is not the only major retail store looking to boost its personnel in preparation for the holiday season.

Macy’s, Inc. employs more than 166,500 associates year-round. According to L2, macys.com had 10% more monthly unique visitors than its closest competitor.

Challenger, Gray & Christmas, the Chicago-based outplacement consultancy, expects retail hiring to be about the same as a year ago, when 755,000 jobs were added, but still short of the 786,800 stores hired in 2013.

“We have many examples of associates who started with us in temporary seasonal positions and stayed to enjoy a long and fulfilling career with our company”.

“This alliance is the result of Macy’s mentoring of the fashion tech start-up as part of the inaugural New York Fashion Tech Lab in 2014″, Macy’s said in a press release.

Those interested can apply online at www.macysJOBS.com and www.bloomingdalesJOBS.com, and they will receive an emailed response, Macy’s said. The company will hire for in-store jobs starting in mid-October. “This is a (reflection) of the continued growth of Macy’s online business and other initiatives that require direct-to-consumer fulfillment”, Sluzewski said. “We are proud to offer them this opportunity to work in a fun, fast-paced and respectful environment”, said Lundgren. 1,600 openings will be dedicated to customer service personnel to cater for the huge number of customers during the holiday season.

Greater than 1,000 might be employed as help employees throughout the nation for different occasions such because the Thanksgiving Day Parade, the operator of Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s shops stated. “Especially at the holidays, we employ students working during break to help pay tuition, retirees seeking to remain active and individuals from many walks of life wanting to supplement their income”, Lundgren said.