RE: 1. THE SEASON.
Makes no sense, shouldn’t THE SEASON be a huge hiring season?
I should have clarified. Sure, Christmas Season brings a lot of seasonal hires.
I was referring to people that work in LAWN CARE and ROOFING. They are more likely to claim unemployment than to take a job in a department store.
Yes, the season.
Highway and most other construction in the northern states just stopped for the winter.
Major plant outage work for refineries, chemical plants and power plants normally shuts down this time of year and picks up after the first of the year.
DEER season! An amazing number of people ask their bosses for a lay off during hunting season and get it.
With sales down at the box stores there has not been the normal offset of hiring temps for Christmas that there was before Cyber Monday became a thing.