New Title Releases, Cricket Wireless Service Offerings to Drive Need to
Hire Approximately 25,000 Employees Nationwide, a 47% increase from 2013
GRAPEVINE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 25, 2014--
GameStop, a family of specialty retail brands that makes the most
popular technologies affordable and simple, today announced plans to
hire approximately 25,000 employees nationwide as the company prepares
for the upcoming holiday shopping season.
This year’s total number of seasonal hires is approximately 47% higher
when compared to the same period in 2013, reflecting the current
strength of GameStop’s business. The increase also represents GameStop’s
continued focus on providing customers exceptional service as the
retailer prepares for a holiday season full of great new video games for
Microsoft’s Xbox One, the Nintendo Wii U and Sony’s PlayStation 4.
Additionally, Cricket Wireless’s no-annual contract service will be
available in 2,800 GameStop U.S. locations and GameStop’s consumer
electronics re-commerce business is expected to be in demand as
customers look to trade-in their pre-owned devices in order to trade up
to the new Apple iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus smartphone.
“Providing exceptional customer service is the cornerstone of our
brand’s promise to make our customers’ favorite technologies affordable
and simple,” said Mike Buskey, senior vice president of Human Resources
for GameStop. “To deliver on this promise, we are nearly doubling our
seasonal hiring efforts this year to ensure our stores, distribution
centers and refurbishment operation center are appropriately staffed to
meet the customer demand we expect to receive during the holidays.”
In order to manage the breadth of anticipated holiday activity, GameStop
is currently recruiting for in-store Game Advisors, as well as
approximately 250 consumer electronic technicians within its
refurbishment operation center (ROC), and warehouse personnel for the
company’s two distribution centers based in Grapevine, Texas and
Louisville, Ky.
GameStop’s recruiting efforts for identifying and hiring talented,
hardworking and passionate employees for this holiday season are
scheduled to begin in the next few days, and continue until the middle
of October. Interested applicants should visit GameStop
Careers, the career’s section on GameStop’s corporate website, or
check out the company’s recruiting efforts on Facebook
and Twitter
for a full list of available jobs, descriptions, qualifications and
application details.
Seasonal jobs will begin October 6th, 2014 and run through
January 9th, 2015, offering employees part-time, flexible
work schedules during the week which include the potential for up to
10-15 hours of work weeknights, weekends and days. In addition, all
seasonal hires will receive a 15% discount off select merchandise
purchases at GameStop stores as well as online.
About GameStop Corp.
GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company
headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, is a global, multichannel video game,
consumer electronics and wireless services retailer. GameStop operates
more than 6,600 stores across 15 countries. The company’s consumer
product network also includes www.gamestop.com;
www.Kongregate.com,
a leading browser-based game site; Game Informer® magazine, the world’s
leading print and digital video game publication; and www.buymytronics.com,
an online consumer electronics trade-in platform. In addition, our
Technology Brands segment includes our Simply Mac, Spring Mobile and
Cricket stores. Simply Mac, www.simplymac.com,
operates 33 stores, selling the full line of Apple products, including
laptops, tablets, smartphones and offering Apple certified warranty and
repair services. Spring Mobile, http://springmobile.com,
sells post-paid AT&T services and wireless products through its 238 AT&T
branded stores. Cricket Wireless, www.cricketwireless.com,
is a new AT&T brand offering pre-paid wireless services, devices and
related accessories. We operate 48 Cricket stores in select markets
throughout the United States.
General information about GameStop Corp. can be obtained at the
company's corporate website. Follow GameStop on Twitter @ www.twitter.com/GameStop
and find GameStop on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/GameStop.
Source: GameStop Corp.
Joey Mooring
GameStop Corp.
817-722-7450
JoeyMooring@GameStop.com
