FedEx Holiday Hiring to Rise 18% to 20,000 on Shipment Gain
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FedEx Corp. plans to hire 20,000 seasonal workers, 18 percent more than last year, to handle a surge in holiday deliveries at the operator of the world’s largest cargo airline.
Shipments from Thanksgiving in the U.S. through Christmas may increase 12 percent to more than 260 million, led by gains in FedEx’s SmartPost, Ground and Home Delivery businesses, the Memphis, Tennessee-based company said today in a statement.