It is holiday season; people spend time with their family, enjoy many seasonal foods, and stores stay open later to offer many deals on products. According to a New York Times article, last year consumers spent over 10 billion dollars on Black Friday alone. This high demand for products at this time of year means stores need more employees in order to compensate for the increase of customers.

Also in recent years, in an effort to increase sales, stores have extended their special Black Friday discounts to customers either before or after the original start and end date.

That is why it is estimated that the holiday season will bring in about 750 thousand retail positions this year, according to an abc15 article.

Reporter for CNBC Krystina Gustafson claimed how big companies like Walmart will hire 60,000 people alone. A lot of these employees will also be able to take an advantage of Walmart’s new salary increase which starts at 9 dollars an hour.

Amazon will also add 100,000 seasonal jobs, which is an increase by 25% from last year.

With all these seasonal jobs, many teens are taking advantage of it in order to gain experience or to make money this holiday season.

Due to the fact of the national unemployment rate being at an all-time low in recent years, at 5% means retailers will have a smaller amount of selection for their staff this year. Making it even easier for inexperienced teens to land a job.

Teens who were not able to get a summer job might want to take advantage of these temporary seasonal jobs, as it could improve upon their resume, increasing their chances for that summer job position. Or in some cases, many “temporary” holiday workers end up receiving a more permanent role, even after the holiday rush.