The region’s jobless data is set for a Christmas boost after Royal Mail launched a drive to recruit more than 1,000 seasonal workers in the West Midlands.
The recruits will be sorting out Christmas cards and parcels before they are sent to delivery offices for post staff to push through letterboxes.
Their main Aston site is looking for 430 extra staff and a parcel sorting centre in Wolverhampton will take on 640.
Another 175 temporary jobs will also be created at the postal giant’s sorting office in Wolverhampton.
The temporary shifts will be available between mid-November through to early January 2015.
Parcelforce Worldwide, is also recruiting around 2,600 extra drivers and sorting staff throughout the UK.
Royal Mail’s delivery director, Karen English, said: “Christmas is our busiest time of year.
“We plan all year round to help ensure we deliver the best possible service for consumers and businesses in the UK. “Every Christmas, we make a substantial commitment in additional resources to handle the festive mailbag, including the recruitment of thousands of temporary workers.”
The workers are joining around 14,000 people needed to work in mail, distribution centres and data centres across England.
