Holiday hiring doldrums
Marketplace
American Public Media
4.6 • 8K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Retailers don’t seem to be looking for many temp workers this holiday season. But it’s not the only sector that hires winter workers — event venues, transportation and warehousing still have some demand. Also in this Thanksgiving episode: There’s a growing market to manage kids’ screen time, a musician combats AI scraping, and a family explores stock market investing.
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| 0:31.8 | We're a business show, so of course we're going to talk about retail on this Black Friday Eve, but also the climate impact of what's on our plates. |
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| 1:13.3 | In Denver, I'm Amy Scott in for Kai Rizdahl. It's Thursday, November 27th. Good to have you with us on this Thanksgiving holiday. And a special shout out to those who will be working these next few days in the retail frenzy known as Black Friday. |
| 1:15.9 | Though there may be fewer of you this year. We heard from Kristen Schwab yesterday about the overall low hire, low fire job market. |
| 1:22.7 | But in retail, layoffs have been piling up. |
| 1:26.1 | And hiring for temporary positions this holiday season is expected to be the weakest in 15 years. |
| 1:33.1 | But retail, of course, isn't the only industry that staffs up this time of year. |
| 1:38.2 | Marketplaces Carla Javier checked out the state of seasonal hiring elsewhere in the economy. |
| 1:44.2 | Ellen Benson at the University of Minnesota applied for some seasonal retail jobs |
| 1:48.8 | as part of his research a few years ago. |
| 1:51.5 | He didn't get one then. |
| 1:53.1 | And now? |
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