https://www.evilhrlady.org/2023/09/why-will-holiday-hiring-be-tough-this-year.html Everything to make HR better Sat, 30 Sep 2023 02:24:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.evilhrlady.org/2023/09/why-will-holiday-hiring-be-tough-this-year.html#comment-238400 Sat, 30 Sep 2023 02:24:45 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=7405#comment-238400 I can understand the lower amount of seasonal hiring especially when most of these seasonal jobs are retail sales positions –low-skills jobs. Nothing wrong with these jobs, but some companies like Walmart raised the minimum starting wage across the nation to $15/hour, so they are going to only hire the minimum amount of employees needed for the holiday season. The higher the minimum wage the lower the number of staff going to be hired.

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