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Seasonal work: Six tips for snagging that temporary job

When it comes to quickly adding hundreds of thousands of workers to payrolls, nothing does the trick quite like the holidays. Companies will add hundreds of thousands of workers in the run-up to Christmas. Here are six tips to help you get one of those temporary jobs:

5. Be flexible

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In this 2009 photograph taken for Walmart, Walmart employee Benjamin Gonzalez, right, helps Elisha Stout shop for toys for her three children at the United Korean Church in Oak Grove, Ky., as part of a campaign to allow military moms and dads to “shop” for free to provide for their children.

  • By David Unger Correspondent

A seasonal worker isn't your typical nine-to-fiver. You may be asked to work the night shift in a warehouse or deliver packages on the weekends. It's why worker inflexibility is a seasonal hiring managers' kryptonite – 70 percent of them cited it as their biggest turnoff in a 2011 CareerBuilder.com study.

After large chains including Walmart and Sears announced they would open as early as 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day 2012, some workers went online to urge the chains to save the holiday and open later.

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