Top trends in Retail Hiring

Top trends in Retail HiringTop trends in Retail HiringTop trends in Retail HiringThe retail holiday season is upon us, Intelligence dug into whos hiring retail professionals these days. If youre recruiting in this area, youll want to know what we found.Every September, retailers ready their stores for the holiday season and begin preparing to hire extra staff. This year, according to the National Retail Foundation, retailers will fill between 700,000 and 750,000 new seasonal positions. Retailers will begin hiring additional workers in October to prepare for the holiday shoppers. Hiring will typically slow in the month of December before picking up again with the New Year. Hot retailers this year, according to STORES Magazines annual list of Hot 100 Retailers includes Amazon.com, Dollar Tree, Ross Stores, OReilly Automotive, Dicks Sporting Goods, and Tractor Supply Co.About 765,000 new retail jobs are expected by 2024 according to the 2012-2024 employment projections from the Bureau o f Labor Statistics. Of these jobs, 263,000 will be among general merchandise stores such as Macys, Toys R Us, and Forever 21. By August 2016, the retail unemployment rate reached 5.2% near the overall unemployment rate of 4.9% for the US and 5.7 percentage points below the January 2010 peak of 10.9% for the retail industry.About 16 mio people are employed in retail industry today, and retail jobs account for about 15% of all jobs posted on Monster. To give you some insight into what your recruiting competitors are up to, our Intelligence team analyzed data from CEB TalentNeuron to identify which companies are posting the most jobs and where jobs are harder to fill.Most Common Retail Jobs IncludeRetail Salespersons employed 4.3 millionAnnual wage $26,220Cashiers employed 2.8 millionAnnual wage $20,930Stock Clerks/Order Fillers employed 1.3 millionAnnual wage $23,790Retail Supervisors employed 1.1 millionAnnual wage $42,670Retail Jobs54% of available U.S. retail jobs are for salesOf a ll open sales positions, 40% are specifically for retail supervisorsWho is hiring Retail talent?According to 2014 employment figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics most retail professionals are employed as retail salespersons (27%), 18% as cashiers, 8% as stock clerks and order fillers, and 7% as retail supervisors.Most Common Companies Seeking Retail Talent1LowesTargetThe Dollar General *ProfileAmazon *ProfileMacysWalmartCVS HealthBest BuyJ.C. PenneyKohls *ProfileHow difficult is it to recruit a Retail talent?Overall, retail positions are better than the average to recruit when compared to all other positions posted online. Among select retail jobs highest in demand, the most difficult areas to fill are information technology (78) and creative/talent (59).Which high demand job markets are harder to fill?Here are 10 of the hardest to fill retail job markets most in demand, some of which may surprise you.1 Heavily influenced by technology, some of the more difficult markets to f ill include Seattle, San Jose, and San Francisco.No. 1 Seattle, WAAvailable Online Jobs 12,600Hiring Difficulty 68zentralwert Ad Salary $92,200No. 2 San Jose, CAAvailable Online Jobs 3,400Hiring Difficulty 54zentralwert Ad Salary $97,600No. 3 San Francisco, CAAvailable Online Jobs 6,000Hiring Difficulty 53Median Ad Salary $64,500No. 4 Denver, COAvailable Online Jobs 3,200Hiring Difficulty 49Median Ad Salary $40,200No. 5 Minneapolis, MNAvailable Online Jobs 3,900Hiring Difficulty 43Median Ad Salary $41,050No. 6 Dallas, TXAvailable Online Jobs 6,400Hiring Difficulty 39Median Ad Salary $47,750No. 7 Washington DCAvailable Online Jobs 6,600Hiring Difficulty 39Median Ad Salary $59,550No. 8 Chicago, ILAvailable Online Jobs 9,800Hiring Difficulty 38Median Ad Salary $53,650No. 9 Atlanta, GAAvailable Online Jobs 5,800Hiring Difficulty 38Median Ad Salary $53,850No. 10 Columbus, OHAvailable Online Jobs 2,200Hiring Difficulty 37Median Ad Salary $39,150Want to know more about the top trends in hi ring retail talent? Check out the Retail Market Overviewfrom Intelligence.Data finding are based on analysis of all available online jobs reported by TalentNeuron and job seeking activity from more than 22 million unique visitors.21The CEB TalentNeuron Tool, JAN-AUG 20162comScore Media Metrix, 1Q 2016, 3-month average, (includes all US Mobile + PC traffic)*FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COMPANY PROFILES, CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE OR 1-800-X6333 TODAY.