{"id":1502,"date":"2018-11-09T12:49:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T12:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2018-11-09T12:49:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T12:49:04","slug":"use-these-creative-strategies-to-staff-up-before-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/use-these-creative-strategies-to-staff-up-before-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Use These Creative Strategies to Staff Up Before the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Emily Canal<\/p>\n<p>The holiday season is always challenging for businesses looking to hire seasonal workers, but this year will be particularly difficult. <\/p>\n<p>The historically low unemployment rate&#8211;it stood at 3.7 percent in October&#8211;has made holiday hiring harder this year. Also, with Amazon announcing in October that it was raising its minimum wage from $11 to $15 per hour, following similar announcements from Walmart, Gap, and Costco, business owners are concerned more large employers might do the same, making it harder for smaller companies to attract job candidates. To address the challenging holiday job market, companies are using artificial intelligence and other software that can speed up the hiring process. This can be crucial for employers, as a recent survey from staffing firm Robert Half found almost a quarter of respondents say they lose interest in a company if they don&#8217;t hear back within one week.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/emily-canal\/hiring-holiday-help-seasonal-workers.html\">https:\/\/www.inc.com\/emily-canal\/hiring-holiday-help-seasonal-workers.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emily Canal The holiday season is always challenging for businesses looking to hire seasonal workers, but this year will be particularly difficult. The historically low unemployment rate&#8211;it stood at 3.7 percent in October&#8211;has made holiday hiring harder this year. Also, with Amazon announcing in October that it was raising its minimum wage from $11 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46,66],"tags":[515],"class_list":["post-1502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-hr-2","tag-unemployment-rate"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/holiday.jpg?fit=1940%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vlXG-oe","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4093,"url":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/uk-hiring-report-2026-full-jobs-market-data-statistics-trends\/","url_meta":{"origin":1502,"position":0},"title":"UK Hiring Report 2026: Full Jobs Market Data, Statistics &amp; Trends","author":"Robert Smith","date":"July 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"UK Hiring Report 2026: Full Jobs Market Data, Statistics & Trends Home \u00a0\u203a\u00a0 Resources \u00a0\u203a\u00a0 UK Hiring Report 2026 Last updated: 20 July 2026 \u00a0|\u00a0 Sources: ONS, REC\/KPMG, CIPD, Adzuna, Indeed Hiring Lab, Hays The UK hiring market in 2026 is best described as cautious but not collapsing. 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