PR: UPS to hire over 100,000 for holiday season

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PRESS RELEASE 

– Over a third of past seasonal hires landed permanent jobs at UPS

– For those displaced by COVID-19, UPS seasonal jobs offer an opportunity to launch a new career

– Flexible shifts, full- and part-time positions available at thousands of locations

– Applications available at www.upsjobs.com and at select UPS locations

ATLANTA, Sept. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) –– UPS (NYSE: UPS) announced today that it expects to hire over 100,000 seasonal employees to support the anticipated annual increase in package volume that will begin in October 2020 and continue through January 2021.

“We’re preparing for a record peak holiday season. The COVID-19 pandemic has made our services more important than ever,” said Charlene Thomas, Chief Human Resources Officer. “We plan to hire over 100,000 people for UPS’s seasonal jobs, and anticipate a large number will move into permanent roles after the holidays. At a time when millions of Americans are looking for work, these jobs are an opportunity to start a new career with UPS.”   

The company is filling full- and part-time seasonal positions – primarily package handlers, drivers, driver-helpers, and personal vehicle drivers – by offering competitive wages across multiple shifts in thousands of locations across the country.

Over the last three years, about 35% of people hired by UPS for seasonal package handler jobs were later hired in a permanent position when the holidays were over, and about 123,000 UPS employees – nearly a third of the company’s U.S. workforce – started in seasonal positions.

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Background here: “UPS to hire 100,000 seasonal employees, the same as last year“.