Retailers are hiring for the holidays, but are there enough workers?
September 21, 2018 at 14:30 PM EDT
Stores, websites and delivery companies have advertised more than 330,00 seasonal job openings so far, according to employment firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, and most economists expect that number to more than double in coming weeks. With unemployment under 4 percent, there is little slack in the job market, making quality employees looking for seasonal work that much harder to find.