Retailers across the country are stepping up their hiring efforts to prepare for the influx of customers that will be coming into their stores this holiday season. The expected employment numbers during this time period have already surpassed the amounts from 2011.

Retailing Today cites research by Snagajob, which found that 63 percent of retailers stated they will hire seasonal employees this year to help with the holiday shopping rush. This is a significant increase from the 51 percent last year who said they were bringing on new staff. Additionally, retailers are planning on hiring more temporary employees, as managers will bring on an average of 6.1 employees each, representing nearly a 50 percent rise from last year as well as an almost 100 percent increase from the survey's lowest amounts in 2009.

Big name retailers are significantly boosting their hiring efforts for the holidays. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that Wal-Mart plans to bring on more than 50,000 additional workers for the shopping season. Kohl's stated that it will hire more than 52,000 new employees, which is a 10 percent increase from the 2011 holiday season.

This entry was posted by Retail Pro on Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 at 1:48 am .