FedEx to Add 50,000 Seasonal Jobs for 2014 Holiday Season

FedEx to Add 50,000 Seasonal Jobs for 2014 Holiday Season
Article Title: FedEx to Add 50,000 Seasonal Jobs

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Article Snip: FedEx plans to hire more than 50,000 extra workers to handle another record year for holiday-season package deliveries. That's up from last year, when FedEx announced it would hire 20,000 seasonal workers.
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UPS to Hire 90,000-95,000 Seasonal Workers; Increase network capacity

UPS to Hire 90,000-95,000 Seasonal Workers; Increase network capacity
Article Title: UPS Plans to Hire 90,000-95,000 Seasonal Workers

Article Snip: UPS recently announced it was using a $500 million capital outlay to address demands on network capacity, include initiatives to increase sort capacity by 5% and up the delivery capacity by 10%. Plans also call for use of a mobile distribution center than can be transported across the country by rail, as well as modular additions that can add bays to existing facilities to handle increased demand during peak periods.

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The projected decline in postal service workers is especially significant in America's disappearing jobs

Article Title: America's Disappearing Jobs

Article Snip: The projected decline in postal service workers is especially significant. In all, the BLS forecasts that the number postal service jobs will fall by 139,000 between 2012 and 2022 — or more than all of the other disappearing occupations put together. A number of factors are expected to contribute to this decline, including continued drops in mail volumes as well as the ongoing financial struggles of the U.S. Postal Service. The USPS has already cut tens of thousands of jobs since 2012, and it is currently slated to cut another 15,000 jobs next year.

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