Money magazine highlights the major employers offering seasonal jobs

If you need extra cash for the holidays — or just want to offset the emotional damage of buying groceries and gifts in the same week — seasonal hiring is underway.

According to Money magazine, several major employers across the U.S. are adding holiday workers for full-time, part-time and temporary roles.

Here are some of the big names hiring:

• Amazon is hiring 300,000 full-time and part-time seasonal workers. The company says seasonal pay averages about $20 an hour.
• UPS is looking for 100,000 seasonal workers. Job listings suggest warehouse roles typically pay around $21 an hour, while delivery driver jobs are closer to $23 an hour.
• Dick’s Sporting Goods is hiring more than 11,000 seasonal workers across its brands.
• Michaels is adding more than 10,000 seasonal workers, just in time for everyone to panic-buy ribbon and pretend they are “making something cute.”
• The U.S. Postal Service is hiring 10,000 seasonal workers.
• Target has more than 4,000 seasonal openings listed on its jobs portal.
• Walmart and Sam’s Club have more than 4,800 seasonal listings combined.
• Kohl’s is recruiting for nearly 5,900 seasonal positions.
• Best Buy is filling about 2,100 temporary roles.

Seasonal jobs can be a good option for people looking for extra income, flexible hours or a foot in the door for longer-term work. Many companies also offer employee discounts, which can be dangerously helpful during holiday shopping season.

If you are interested, apply soon. The best shifts tend to go fast — kind of like the good wrapping paper after Thanksgiving.