GameStop gears up for the holidays

GameStop plans to hire approximately 25,000 employees nationwide as the company prepares for the upcoming holiday shopping season — nearly double the number of people it hired last year.



“Providing exceptional customer service is the cornerstone of our brand’s promise to make our customers’ favorite technologies affordable and simple,” said Mike Buskey, SVP of HR. “To deliver on this promise, we are nearly doubling our seasonal hiring efforts this year to ensure our stores, distribution centers and refurbishment operation center are appropriately staffed to meet the customer demand we expect to receive during the holidays.”



To manage the breadth of anticipated holiday activity, GameStop is currently recruiting for in-store game advisers, as well as approximately 250 consumer electronic technicians within its refurbishment operation center (ROC), and warehouse personnel for the company’s two distribution centers based in Grapevine, Texas and Louisville, Kentucky.



GameStop will begin recruiting people in the next few days, and continue until mid-October. Seasonal jobs will begin October 6, and run through January 9, 2015, offering employees part-time, flexible work schedules during the week, which include the potential for up to 10-15 hours of work weeknights, weekends and days. In addition, all seasonal hires will receive a 15% discount off select merchandise purchases at GameStop stores as well as online.