UPS Hiring Workers In Rockford, Other Cities For Holiday Season

ROCKFORD, IL — UPS expects to hire about 100,000 seasonal employees for the upcoming holiday season, including over 1,000 in Rockford, the company said in a press release.

Both part-time and full-time seasonal positions, primarily package handlers, drivers and driver-helpers have long been an entry point for permanent jobs at UPS, the company says. UPS says that over the last three years, 35 percent of people hired for seasonal package handler jobs were given a permanent position after the holidays.

"Every year, we deliver the holidays for millions of customers,"Jim Barber, COO of UPS, said in a statement. "In order to make that happen, we also deliver thousands of great seasonal jobs at our facilities across the country."

UPS says that in many cities, a portion of seasonal hires are needed to staff temporary facilities that UPS builds for the seasonal shipping rush.

A UPS spokesman provided Patch a partial list of markets where the company is hiring:

• Columbus: 700
• Dallas/Ft. Worth: 2,200
• Denver: 929
• Greensboro, North Carolina: 800
• Jacksonville, Florida: 1,434
• Albany, New York: 803
• Nashville, Tennessee: 990
• New Stanton, Pennsylvania: 788
• Memphis, Tennessee: 600
• Orlando, Florida: 1,504
• Burtonsville, Maryland: 380
• Phoenix: 3,558
• Rockford, Illinois: 1,500
• Salt Lake: 1,500
• Willow Grove, Pennsylvania: 1,131
• Worcester, Massachusetts: 814
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Interested applicants can apply online via UPS.

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