Economic Downturn Limits Seasonal Jobs

by Rachel Dornhelm, NPR
December 12, 2008

It's not a good time to be looking for seasonal employment. Here's an example of how stiff the competition is for holiday temp work: When electronics retailer Best Buy recently advertised 24,000 seasonal positions, 1 million people applied.

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