Tracy Davidson

USA TODAY: Holiday retail sales are expected to be up only slightly this year, but the news may be better for those looking to work in retailing around Christmas. Increased online sales, more temporary stores and guarded optimism about the season are leading some retailers to expand their workforces more than usual for the holidays. [...]

Bank of America will hire 1,000 new small business bankers by early 2012, the company announced Thursday. The Charlotte-based financial giant says that this is just one step toward a commitment to increasing its support for small businesses. The first wave of additional bankers will be added in Dallas, Los Angeles, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. [...]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Getting a degree used to be a stepping stone to limitless career opportunities. Now it’s more of a hiatus from living under your parents’ roof. Stubbornly high unemployment — nearly 15% for those ages 20-24 — has made finding a job nearly impossible. And without a job, there’s nowhere for these [...]

DALLAS — American Airlines is recalling about 800 furloughed employees, about 1 percent of its work force, as it adds flights on international routes. CEO Gerard Arpey announced the jobs as American launched a new trans-Atlantic business with British Airways and Spanish airline Iberia. American is working on a similar alliance with Japan Airlines across the [...]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — United Parcel Service expects to hire 50,000 seasonal employees to work this holiday season, the company disclosed Wednesday. The total is unchanged from last year, a company spokesman said, amending an earlier statement that the hiring would set a record. The company is ramping up hiring for short-term positions in anticipation [...]

Holiday hiring in advance of Black Friday has commenced with retailers announcing new jobs at a furious pace. Kohl’s is opening 21 new stores in 15 states this fall, adding 3,000 jobs. And unlike holiday jobs, these aren’t temporary. Additionally, Kohl’s is expanding a customer service and operations center. The facility in San Antonio, Texas, [...]

Since December 2007, 8.4 million American jobs have vanished, leaving the country’s unemployment rate stuck at an alarming 9.6%. Yet, many U.S. companies — particularly small ones — are hiring, to the tune of 723,000 new workers in 2010. While these jobs represent a small fraction of the number needed to get the economy growing [...]

USA TODAY- season, doubling its U.S. work force. The privately held toy company said Tuesday that it is hiring more workers than in the past three holiday seasons because of an additional 600 smaller stores located in malls and shopping centers. Those “pop-up” stores are called Toys R Us Express. The news comes at a [...]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — As the labor market continues to struggle, one surprising bright spot stands out amid the list of battered industries — factory jobs. Manufacturing employment began its decline long before the recession, losing jobs every year since 1998. But since the start of this year, there’s been a 1.6% gain in manufacturing [...]

Macy’s department stores announced Thursday that it is planning to hire 65,000 seasonal workers to staff up during the end-of-the year holidays. That’s slightly more than last year, which I hope is a good economic sign. When I was in high school, college and for a couple of years right out of school, I worked [...]