Ideas for a seasonal job?

[Sanity Claws]

Can anyone give me ideas of who hires temps for the holiday season and for what kind of jobs?

I have already come up with the obvious retail sales jobs. But who else hires? Anything that pays more than minimum wage?

Thanks for whatever ideas or leads you come up with.

[Kat45]

1. I think places like UPS and FedEx hire because it's their busy season

and they need extra people to help with all the packages. I have no idea what they pay.

[Sanity Claws]

4. I'll look into it

I believe they require the ability to lift and carry 50 lbs. I can do that occasionally but I would not be able to do it throughout a shift.

[EFerrari]

2. Shopper. People don't have time to do everything. n/t

[Sanity Claws]

5. But how does one get hired for something like that?

[hippywife]

7. Advertise

just like you would do for whatever other home grown business you want to build.

[Miss_Underestimated]

3. Xmas decorator - people hire you to decorate their place

you can work for yourself & hand out your own flyers

[Sanity Claws]

6. If only I had a background in design or art to do this

I'd hate to put myself out there and perform a service, have the client not like the service, and then have problems with the client not paying.
But thanks for the suggestion.

[Miss_Underestimated]

13. I don't think a degree is necessary to string lights around the perimeter of someone's roof!!

or to hang ornaments and a little tinsel. But maybe it's not your cup of tea!! Good luck to you.:hi:

[Inchworm]

8. Here in NC Mountains "working in the trees" is common

This time of year.

Loading, pine tipping, rope and wreath making, and other stuff.

It is very good money but it is usually a daylight 'til dark hard workday. Some of the rope/wreath types can work 24/7 if they want.

:hi:

[Sanity Claws]

9. That's a wonderful idea

Is the work pretty much limited to forested areas?
I live in NYC and probably 40 miles from any tree farms.

[Inchworm]

11. Here it used to be more what families did this time of year

For extra coin.

Kids would go out in woods and gather tips for moms and grandmas to make rope out of. I hear the going rate here now is $2.50 a rope, but it is more commercial than it used to be. That rate assumes that someone else has gathered tips for the ropemaker. Someone who is fast with it can make 8 or 9 75foot ropes an hour. It is good money while it lasts.

The tip gatherers/preparers usually get $8-9 an hour.

LoL.. as a kid.. us gatherers got supper and a roof over our head ;)

I'm guessing those $5(cost) ropes sell for $20-$30 somewhere. I have no clue.

Hmm.. I wonder if someone there buys the $5 ropes and makes 10 $40 wreaths out of a rope. It's possible :)

:hi:

[kentauros]

10. Pepper grinder

:P

[NoPasaran]

12. Stores and malls hire Santas

Hint: Don't smell like beer when they interview you.