For the 2021 holiday season, these 5 big employers have announced hiring goals:
• FedEx: 90,000 employees (v. 70,000 in 2020)
• UPS: 100,000 (same)
• Amazon: 120,000 (v. 100,000)
• Target: 100,000 (v. 130,000)
• Walmart: 20,000 (same)
That's 430,000 at 5 companies.
2/ As an incentive, UPS has started a program to offer you a job within 30 minutes of applying, if you qualify. (A huge incentive in the world of online job applications, where you apply and then…never hear anything.)
3/ The US has 10.9 million open jobs right now.
How will WMT, TGT, UPS, FDX, AMZN find & hire people for tough, high-pressure jobs, with modest pay — at this moment?
Analyst on CNBC said, 'It's not too early to do your Christmas shopping. Don't count on last-minute delivery.'
2/ Tidbit #1: On Apollo 11, Armstrong & Aldrin spent 2-1/2 hours Moon walking.
They ended up so covered in Moon dirt, & found the dirt so irritating, they spent their one night on the Moon sleeping in their helmets & gloves to avoid the regolith (p.xiv).