If you’ve been thinking about landing a holiday job to make extra money to buy gifts or simply to pay your bills, now’s the time to apply. A recent survey indicated that the competition for holiday jobs will be stiffer this year than last.
Ipsos Public Affairs, a research firm for hire, conducted a survey of over 1,000 hiring managers on behalf of SnagAJob.com, a job bank that specializes in jobs that pay by the hour.
The hiring managers surveyed expected to hire an average of only 3.7 employees to work holiday jobs, which is about 33 percent fewer than the 5.6 employees they each hired on average last year.
Only 43 percent expected to hire at all for the holidays, while 39 percent forecasted that there will be more applicants this year than last, based on the rising unemployment rate.
The survey also indicated that most employers who will be seeking employees to work holiday jobs, will do most of their hiring in October and finish by the end of November; only 28 percent expected to hire into December.
About 43 percent of the employees hired for holiday jobs will work full time, while the remainder will work an average of 20 hours per week. The average pay will amount to about $10 per hour.
Employers expect that about 46 percent of the employees whom they hire for holiday jobs, will continue to work for them into 2009.
To search for a holiday job near you, start at the Job Search page. Retail stores typically hire the most to fill holiday jobs.
To post a holiday job that will appear on EmployeeIssues.com and thousands of other employment-related Web sites, start at the Job Post page.
