Harder To Find A Job In Retail
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It comes as no surprise that jobs in retail stores are getting increasingly difficult to get. There are two reasons for this. The first is that retail stores have been cutting down on their operations, closing down stores in areas where sales are low and reducing sales staff in others. To compound the problem, is the added weight of workers who have been laid off from jobs in the financial and construction sector. Such workers too are seeking jobs in the retail segment.
As a result, the number of applications for jobs are twice that of what stores used to receive a year earlier, and the number of people willing to take on short term jobs or jobs at levels way below what they are qualified for has seen a significant increase. News from the labor market continues to remain not so good, and the retail employment situation is an example of that.
