The data included here is based on an online survey that HireVue recently conducted with Aon Hewitt and Wakefield Research, based on results from 500 retail managers with hiring authority in October 2012. Highlights of the survey results are included here:

• 53% of retail managers expect customers to spend more this year, and as a result, 48% plan to hire more seasonal workers than they did last year
• More than 80% of retail managers with hiring authority believe seasonal hires are the best way to find full-time employee prospects.
• 28% anticipate offering permanent positions to half or more of their 2012 seasonal hires.
• 53% of respondents believe they hired the wrong candidates for their open positions in the past because they did not interview enough individuals.