Postal Service Revs Up Its Hiring

February 13, 2016 The U.S. Postal Service hopes to bring on 125,000 new employees this year, continuing a recent hiring binge caused by the agency’s blossoming package-delivery business. The agency hired 117,000 new workers during Fiscal Year 2015, virtually all of them into non-career positions, postal officials said Thursday in a document presented to the…

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Postal service hiring more carriers:  Package delivery up 40% in Cedar Rapids-Iowa City Corridor

George C. Ford – January 25, 2016 The U.S. Postal Service is looking to hire more city and rural carriers as “last mile” package delivery from Amazon.com, FedEx and UPS continues to grow. “We’ve really been growing the package business,” said Jim Herrmann, USPS district manager, during an interview Monday in Cedar Rapids. “Cedar Rapids-Iowa…

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Dust off those resumes – USPS is hiring in Arkansas

August 28, 2015 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (USPS) – The U.S. Postal Service is now accepting applications for a variety of temporary Post Office positions needed in Arkansas. The Postal Service plans to fill these part-time, non-career positions soon. Salary range for these positions is from $13.25 to $16.65 per hour, with variable work hours and…

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U.S. Postal Service now hiring in Central, South and West Texas

Monday, August 31 2015 SAN ANTONIO – The U.S. Postal Service is now accepting applications for a variety of non-career Postal Service positions needed in Central, South and West Texas. Salary for these positions range from $12 to $16.65 per hour, with variable work hours and work days, including weekends and holidays as scheduled. Start…

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U.S. Postal Service to host informational job fair on March 4 for Kalamazoo area

By Al Jones – February 28, 2015 KALAMAZOO, MI — The U.S. Postal Service anticipates job openings in Greater Kalamazoo and Southwest Michigan. With that in mind, the service, which has been in the news in recent months for its plans to close its Kalamazoo Postal Processing Plant on 9th Street in Oshtemo Township, will…

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APWU: Do You Know Someone Who Needs a Job?

Web News Article #: 187-2014 10/19/2014 – If you’ve got family members or friends who are looking for work, you may want to encourage them to apply for new positions that are being created as a result of a recent APWU arbitration win, says President Mark Dimondstein. The APWU’s victory will result in the creation…

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