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- One-day hiring blitz on October 30 is part of UPS’s larger effort to hire over 100,000 seasonal employees
- Nearly 250 virtual and in-person job fairs will be held in company locations nationwide
UPS (NYSE: UPS) announced today that it expects to sign-up at least 50,000 seasonal employees this Friday, October 30, in its annual one-day ‘UPS Brown Friday’ hiring blitz at company locations across the country.
Nearly a month before Black Friday and Cyber Monday officially kick off the holiday shopping season, UPS Brown Friday brings nearly 250 virtual and in-person hiring fairs. The company will hire thousands of candidates on the spot – part of its broader effort, announced last month, to hire more than 100,000 seasonal workers to support its annual holiday shipping rush.
“UPS Brown Friday has become an annual tradition,” said Chief Human Resources Officer Charlene Thomas. “Para miles de estadounidenses, es una oportunidad para conseguir uno de los mejores empleos estacionales del país, con el potencial de convertirse en una carrera profesional. Many of those who attend one of our job fairs this Friday will be hired by Monday, and many of those hired will be offered permanent jobs when the holidays are over.”
Most of this year’s hiring events will be virtual. Applicants will check into a virtual lobby, then do online interviews with UPS Human Resources representatives.
Some company locations will hold in-person events, where allowed by local health authorities. Those events will strictly adhere to safety restrictions including requiring masks and social distancing, with applicants waiting outside the building before being called in for an interview. All in-person hiring events will include a virtual option.
Those who are unable to attend a hiring fair can still apply easily online, at UPSjobs.com. Videos featuring employees describing their work experience at UPS are also available at that UPS jobs website.
The full- and part-time seasonal positions – primarily package handlers, drivers, and driver-helpers – have long been an entry point for permanent employment at UPS. 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.
A través del programa Ganar y aprender de la empresa, los empleados de temporada elegibles que son estudiantes pueden ganar hasta 1300 USD para gastos universitarios, además de su salario por hora, durante tres meses de empleo continuo. UPS ha invertido casi 670 millones de USD en ayudas de matrícula, o casi 30 millones de USD al año desde que se estableció el programa en 1997, ayudando a más de 300 000 empleados a pagar su educación universitaria.
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UPS (NYSE: UPS) es una de las compañías de transporte de paquetes más grandes del mundo, con unos ingresos en 2019 de 74 000 millones de USD, y proporciona una amplia gama de soluciones de logística integrada para clientes en más de 220 países y territorios. Más de 500 000 empleados de la empresa adoptan una estrategia que se ejecuta de manera simple y poderosa: El cliente es lo primero. Orientados a las personas. Nos motiva la innovación. UPS se compromete a reducir su impacto en el medio ambiente y a apoyar a las comunidades a las que servimos en todo el mundo. UPS también mantiene una sólida e inquebrantable posición en apoyo de la diversidad, la igualdad y la inclusión. La empresa se encuentra en Internet en www.ups.com, con más información en www.pressroom.ups.com y www.investors.ups.com.