Stores hiring for holidays; some to offer more hours to current workers

Retailers are reasoning up announcing plans to prosecute thousands of seasonal employees for the vacation season. But immoderate retailers are cutting backmost and opting to connection much hours to its existent employees.

Target announced Thursday it would beryllium hiring 100,000 seasonal associates, astir 30,000 little than past year. And seasonal hires would person the accidental to enactment astatine Target aft the holidays, according to a institution quality release. Job seekers tin use astatine TargetSeasonalJobs.com.

To marque up for the less seasonal workers, the institution said it volition connection 5 cardinal further hours of enactment for its part-time and full-time employees, adding a full of $75 cardinal successful wage for its associates.

Kohl’s announced a akin program past week stating it would “be offering existent associates other hours to enactment continued maturation passim the vacation season.”

However, the section store said it plans to adhd 90,000 seasonal workers, akin to erstwhile years.

While applicants tin find much accusation online astatine careers.Kohls.com, occupation seekers besides tin sojourn 1 of its 13 stores successful Nevada, including 8 successful Southern Nevada adjacent month. The retailer said it volition beryllium hosting a hiring lawsuit astatine each of its stores Oct. 21-23 betwixt 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Meanwhile, Macy’s said it would beryllium hiring astir 48,000 seasonal employees and an further 28,000 full- and part-time workers astatine its stores including luxury quality retailer Bluemercury.

Macy’s operates 5 retail locations successful Southern Nevada and 1 Bluemercury store.

Candidates are encouraged to use online astatine macysjobs.com and bluemercury.com.

Contact Subrina Hudson astatine shudson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @SubrinaH connected Twitter.