UPS kicks off holiday hiring spree

UPS is ramping up its holiday workforce.



The company plans to hire approximately 95,000 seasonal employees to support an anticipated increase in package shipments during the 2017 holiday shopping season. UPS expects increased delivery volume to span between early November and January 2018.



This marks the fourth straight year that UPS is hiring this number of employees for the holiday season, according to Reuters.



Candidates will fill jobs such as package handlers, drivers and driver-helpers. All jobs are available as both full-time and part-time positions.



Over the last three years, 35% of the people UPS hired for seasonal package handler jobs were later hired in a permanent position when the holidays were over, according to the company.