Seasonal employees / Wal-Mart hiring 70,000 – Kohl 53,000 and Target 70,000

On Monday, Wal-Mart said it would hire 55,000 seasonal associates while transitioning 35,000 current temporary workers to part-time status and moving another 35,000 employees from part-time to full-time.

Last year, the mega-chain said it would add more than 50,000 holiday workers.

Kohl’s said this month that it will hire 53,000 workers to handle demand through the end of the year — a comparable figure to last year.

But Target said it will hire 70,000 seasonal employees — 20% fewer than in 2012. The retailer said it wanted to give existing workers the chance to claim extra holiday working hours.

“The fact is that retailers are getting smarter about staffing,” said John A. Challenger, chief executive of the Challenger consultancy. “The era of Big Data has armed everyone with the information they need to more accurately predict the ebbs and flows in sales activity and adjust hiring accordingly.”

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