"We've certainly seen organizations taking a little bit more of a 4measured 5approach to hiring right now."

Dawn Fay with recruiting firm Robert Half says the good news is seasonal jobs can provide some benefits and may turn into full-time jobs after the holidays.

"You're earning 6compensation. You're building your resume, you're learning skills. You're getting professional individuals, you're adding to your network and getting 7references as well too."

Target says last year, more than half of their seasonal hires were offered the chance to stay on after the holidays. The 8retail giant recently announced they're adding seasonal jobs but didn't 9specify how many. The news, though, comes as the company announced it's cutting 1,800 10corporate jobs.

Amazon also announced mass corporate layoffs this week, but the company says they're still hiring 250,000 people for the busy shopping season.

The U.S. Postal Service is adding 14,000 seasonal jobs, which sounds like a lot, but it's far less than the 40,000 just a few years ago.

Fay says these seasonal jobs aren't just in the retail space.

"There's a lot of customer service opportunities. There's a lot of IT opportunities. We see across companies and industries, a lot of opportunities in the accounting and finance space."

So how do you find these jobs?

"When you're looking for these opportunities to do job searches on words such as '11seasonality', 'temporary.'"

Fay also recommends job seekers 12consider contract work. Many companies hire 13temporary workers for projects this time of year.