UPS Aims To Sign Up 50,000 At ‘UPS Brown Friday’ Hiring Events Nationwide
27 October 2020 - 10:00PM
- One-day hiring blitz on October 30 is part of UPS’s larger
effort to hire over 100,000 seasonal employees
- Nearly 250 virtual and in-person job fairs will be held in
company locations nationwide
UPS (NYSE: UPS) announced today that it expects to sign-up at
least 50,000 seasonal employees this Friday, October 30, in its
annual one-day ‘UPS Brown Friday’ hiring blitz at company locations
across the country.
Nearly a month before Black Friday and Cyber
Monday officially kick off the holiday shopping season, UPS Brown
Friday brings nearly 250 virtual and in-person hiring fairs. The
company will hire thousands of candidates on the spot – part of its
broader effort, announced last month, to hire more than 100,000
seasonal workers to support its annual holiday shipping rush.
“UPS Brown Friday has become an annual
tradition,” said Chief Human Resources Officer Charlene Thomas.
“For tens of thousands of Americans, it’s an opportunity to land
one of the country’s best seasonal jobs, with the potential to turn
into a career. Many of those who attend one of our job fairs this
Friday will be hired by Monday, and many of those hired will be
offered permanent jobs when the holidays are over.”
A list of local hiring events is available
here.
Most of this year’s hiring events will be
virtual. Applicants will check into a virtual lobby, then do online
interviews with UPS Human Resources representatives.
Some company locations will hold in-person
events, where allowed by local health authorities. Those events
will strictly adhere to safety restrictions including requiring
masks and social distancing, with applicants waiting outside the
building before being called in for an interview. All in-person
hiring events will include a virtual option.
Those who are unable to attend a hiring fair can
still apply easily online, at UPSjobs.com. Videos featuring
employees describing their work experience at UPS are also
available at that UPS jobs website.
The full- and part-time seasonal positions – primarily package
handlers, drivers, and driver-helpers – have long been an
entry point for permanent employment at UPS. Over the last three
years, about 35% of people hired by UPS for seasonal package
handler jobs were later hired in a permanent position when the
holidays were over, and about 123,000 UPS employees – nearly a
third of the company’s U.S. workforce – started in seasonal
positions.
Through the company’s Earn and Learn program, eligible seasonal
employees who are students can earn up to $1,300 towards college
expenses, in addition to their hourly pay, for three months of
continuous employment. UPS has invested nearly $670 million in
tuition assistance – nearly $30 million a year since the program
was established in 1997 – helping over 300,000 employees pay for
their college education.
Visual assets can be found here.
About UPS
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is one of the world’s largest package delivery
companies with 2019 revenue of $74 billion, and provides a broad
range of integrated logistics solutions for customers in more than
220 countries and territories. The company’s more than 500,000
employees embrace a strategy that is simply stated and powerfully
executed: Customer First. People Led. Innovation Driven. UPS is
committed to reducing its impact on the environment and supporting
the communities we serve around the world. UPS also takes a strong
and unwavering stance in support of diversity, equality, and
inclusion. The company can be found on the Internet at www.ups.com,
with more information at www.pressroom.ups.com and
www.investors.ups.com.
UPS Media Relations
404-828-7123
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