Holidays: A good time of year to find a job

Reprinted courtesy of TheCareerNews.com
CHICAGO, IL — Are you about to start a job search or in the midst of looking for a new job? Are you thinking about waiting or putting your job search on hold? If so, think again. Contrary to popular opinion, this is a good time of year to find a job. Employers don’t stop hiring just because it’s the holidays.

Executive Dave Harshbarger explains why hiring continues, regardless of the time of year. “For many of us, the holiday season is a time to sit back and relax, to take a break from business, to focus our attention on friends and family. For businesses, the needs that drive hiring throughout the year don’t change just because the paid holidays are bunched up on the last pages of the calendar.”
He explains that at many companies hiring and personnel activities continue at all times of year, because the needs that drive hiring – competitive pressures, growing markets, strategic initiatives – don’t take a break.
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