Tis the Season for Employment Opportunities

Press release from the issuing company

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Local flower shops, garden centers and gift shops are gearing up for their holiday season open houses, but perhaps more importantly, seasonal hiring of temporary workers is also cranking up.

Place on The Pointe co-managers Elyse Brown and Honey Bolton said Friday that within the past week the shop had added one full-time and five part-time workers.

“They’ll be taking up the slack of our extra holiday hours,” Brown said. “We’ll still be closing our doors at the same time, but we’ll be working an extra four hours a night doing engraving, imprinting, embroidery and gift wrapping — lots of gift wrapping.”

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