The Seasonal Talent Exchange (STE) was created by four employers in 2015—Modell’s, UncommonGoods, Swiss Post Solutions, and Wildlife Conservation Society, members of the JobsFirstNYC Employer Leadership Council. These employers have a common interest in seasonal workers (and a sizeable seasonal workforce) in positions related to customer service. They value workers who have transitioned from seasonal to regular part-time, full-time, and even management positions, and have a track-record of hiring such individuals over time. They agreed, philosophically, that while they have a corporate commitment to filling a fixed number of seasonal vacancies per year, they wanted to use their seasonal workforce in a manner that can lead to year-round employment within their own (and ostensibly each others’ companies).
