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FedEx Adding Hundreds Of Temporary Workers In The Triad

Thousands of seasonal workers will be hired at FedEx Ground warehouses around the country, such as this one in Ashland, Va. (AP photo by Steve Helber)

FedEx is planning on hiring 800 seasonal workers in Greensboro.

The company said in a press release that the jobs include package handlers and other support positions.

The Winston-Salem Journal reports FedEx expects to add more than 50,000 seasonal positions throughout its network to help during the busy holiday season.

The company says the majority of workers will be added at FedEx Ground facilities, but that there will be other employment opportunities during the holiday season and throughout the year.

Officials said more than one-third of package handlers hired at FedEx Ground last year retained employment at the end of the holiday season.

Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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