UPS Hiring Seasonal Workers In St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, MO — UPS expects to hire about 100,000 seasonal employees for the upcoming holiday season, the company said in a press release. While the company didn't say how many of those jobs might be in the St. Louis area, last year the company hired more than 1,000 local workers to meet the holiday demand.

Part-time and full-time seasonal positions — primarily package handlers, drivers and driver-helpers — have long been an entry point for permanent jobs at UPS, the company says. UPS says that over the last three years, 35 percent of people hired for seasonal package handler jobs were given a permanent position after the holidays.

“Every year, we deliver the holidays for millions of customers,”COO Jim Barber said in a statement. “In order to make that happen, we also deliver thousands of great seasonal jobs at our facilities across the country.”

UPS says that in many cities, a portion of seasonal hires are needed to staff temporary facilities that UPS builds for the seasonal shipping rush.

Interested applicants can apply online via UPS.

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Feroze Dhanoa/Patch National Staff contributed to this report.

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