Companies hiring to fill urgent demands
A handful of companies have seen their hiring needs dramatically rise to keep up with the demand for essential goods and services.
Need to find a job now? You’re not alone. For the week ending March 14, the government announced that the number of unemployment claims had risen to 281,000, which was an increase of 70,000 claims reported previously, and the highest level since September 2017.
“A number of states specifically cited COVID-19 related layoffs, while many states reported increased layoffs in service-related industries broadly, and in the accommodation and food service industries, specifically, as well as in the transportation and warehousing industry, whether COVID-19 was directly identified or not,” a statement from the U.S Department of Labor reported. Global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas has so far tracked over 9,000 job cut announcements due to coronavirus.
But a handful of companies have seen their hiring needs dramatically rise to keep up with the demand for essential goods and services. Below is a list of companies that have announced special hiring initiatives, as well as links to their jobs on Monster. We will continue to update this list of jobs, so be sure to check back regularly. And for more companies now hiring, check out the Monster 100, our weekly roundup of companies with the most new jobs on Monster.
7-Eleven
7-Eleven expects to hire as many as 20,000 new store employees, either directly or by independent 7-Eleven franchisees, in the coming months.
Albertsons
Albertsons wants to hire 30,000 workers including delivery drivers, personal shoppers, distribution center reps, and call center reps. Albertsons is the parent company for Albertsons, Safeway, Randalls, United Supermarkets, and several other food and drug retail chains.
Amazon
Amazon plans to hire a whopping 100,000 full and part-time positions across the U.S. in fulfillment centers and delivery network. They will increase pay by $2/hour for employees and partners who are in fulfillment centers, transportation operations, stores or those making deliveries.
CVS
CVS plans to hire 50,000 people in full-time, part-time and temporary jobs including store workers, delivery drivers, distribution center workers and customer service employees. CVS also said it would be delivering bonuses of up to $500 to eligible employees who are required to work on-site during the coronavirus pandemic.
Dollar General
Dollar General has “a number of full and part time positions available across [their] stores, distribution centers and private fleet network.”
Dollar Tree
Dollar Tree announced plans to hire 25,000 full- and part-time associates at its namesake and Family Dollar stores and distribution centers.
Domino’s Pizza
Domino’s Pizza is hiring 10,000 part- and full-time delivery drivers, pizza cookers, customer service representatives, managers and licensed truck drivers for its supply chain centers and stores.
Instacart
Instacart announced plans to bring on an additional 300,000 full-service shoppers over the next three months.
Kroger
Kroger is hiring an additional 10,000 workers across their retail stores, manufacturing plants, and distribution centers.
Papa John’s
Papa John’s announced it is planning to hire up to 20,000 additional workers.
Pepsi
Pepsi will hire 6,000 new full-time, full-benefit frontline employees across the U.S. It will provide enhanced benefits to all U.S.-based employees and additional compensation to U.S. frontline employees.
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Hut
Pizza Hut will hire 30,000 permanent open positions to fill. Jobs include cooks, managers and shift leaders.
Publix
Publix wants to hire thousands of people by the end of March to work in its 1,243 stores and nine distribution centers in seven Southeastern states.
Sprouts
Sprouts Farmers Market is hiring hundreds of positions across the country, including in Los Angeles and Baltimore.
Walgreens
Walgreens plans to hire more than 9,500 full- and parttime and temporary roles including customer service associates, pharmacy technicians and shift leads. It also announced it would give bonuses—$300 for full-time and $150 for part-time hourly employees in stores and distribution centers—beginning late April.
Walmart
Walmart plans to hire 150,000 temporary workers by the end of May. Every hourly associate employed by the company as of March 1 will qualify for a bonus of $300 for full-time hourly associates and $150 for part-time hourly associates.
Next steps
There are thousands of jobs hiring now to keep Americans stocked with much-needed items from food to dry goods to medicines. Need some help to quicken the hiring process? Join Monster for free today. As a member, you can upload up to five versions of your resume—each tailored to the types of jobs that interest you. Recruiters search Monster every day looking to fill top jobs with qualified candidates, just like you. Additionally, you can get job alerts sent directly to your inbox to cut down on time spent looking through ads. Those are two simple ways Monster can help you find a job and get to work in as little time as possible.