Toys R Us plans to hire about 800 seasonal employees in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area.

These jobs are part of 45,000 seasonal workers nationally that the chain will hire to staff both its temporary pop-up stores and distribution centers. This hiring is nearly a 13 p.c jump from the forty,000 seasonal workers Toys R Us employed final yr.

The hiring growth is due in part to in-store positions devoted to meet the desires of latest purchaser-carrier methods like allowing customers to buy on-line and pick out up in the store, ship in an instant from the shop and ship instantly to a store.

Anyone interested in seasonal employment must apply through the company’s careers website, www.ruscareers.com. The website lists what jobs are available at what locations in South Florida.

These seasonal jobs have the prospective to grow to be complete-time positions. closing 12 months, approximately 15 p.c of the holiday workforce retained positions with Toys R Us after the season ended.