The nation's largest retailer and largest private employer said it's in a stronger staffing position heading into the holidays than last year.
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer NEW YORK — Walmart said it will hire 40,000 U.S. workers for the holidays, a majority of them seasonal workers.
People are also reading… Companies that typically hire thousands of seasonal workers are again heading into the holidays during one of the tightest job markets in decades, making it challenging for many to find workers they need. The jobless rate reached 3.7%, its highest level since February. But it increased for a healthy reason: Hundreds of thousands of people returned to the job market, and some didn't find work right away, which boosted the government's count of unemployed people.
Holiday season volumes usually start rising in October and remain high into January. While online shopping has slowed from the height of the pandemic, it's still well above historic norms.
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