Though seasonal employment is expected to decline nationally, it’s expected to increase in the Capital region during the upcoming holiday season.
According to excerpts from the article:
This holiday season, MSU students and East Lansing residents can look forward to an increase in seasonal retail employment opportunities due to an economy slowly limping its way out of a recession.
But nationally, seasonal employment is expected to decrease. According to a survey by Hay Group, a human resources consulting firm, 40 percent of the 25 top U.S. retailers expect to hire five percent to 25 percent fewer seasonal employees.
But retail stores in areas with highly educated populaces, such as East Lansing, suburban Ann Arbor and suburban Detroit, will be able to add personnel in expectation of holiday profits that are better than most of the rest of the state, MSU economics professor Charles Ballard said.
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