Followimmigration and check outliving in the United States: Recently, Chinese job seekers have more choices. As undocumented immigrants will be able to apply for driver's licenses next year, the DMV plans to hire 500 people to meet the high demand for applications, particularly needing bilingual personnel, including Chinese speakers.
In addition, the post office and many businesses will also be hiring temporary staff in the near future to cope with the upcoming holiday season, which will be the busiest time for both the post office and retailers.
Starting in 2015, California will allow undocumented immigrants to apply for driver's licenses, and it is estimated that 1.4 million undocumented immigrants in California will be eligible to apply for licenses. To prepare for this service, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) hired 400 people last month and plans to hire another 500, totaling nearly 1,000 new employees to accommodate the high volume of applicants.
DMV has specified in its hiring requirements that applicants should ideally be bilingual, primarily in Spanish, but Chinese is also in the recruitment scope. The demand for Chinese-speaking personnel varies across different DMV regions. Recently, job-seeking Chinese individuals may want to apply, but they need to have legal work status. The public can check the DMV website for details on job applications.
The upcoming Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's holidays are also the busiest seasons for the post office and retailers. Every year during this time, they increase hiring of temporary staff to meet holiday demands. The United States Postal Service (USPS) will employ hundreds of temporary workers in California from mid-November to early January, primarily for mail distribution and delivery tasks; UPS has also announced plans to hire more than 90,000 temporary workers nationwide during the holiday season.
