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UPS prepares for holiday season by hosting 'Brown Friday' hiring events

There will be four hiring fairs in West Michigan.
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MICHIGAN, USA — To prepare for the shipment rush of the holiday season - especially Black Friday and Cyber Monday - UPS is hosting hiring events nationwide. 

They're calling it Brown Friday. 

On Friday, Nov. 1 more than 185 hiring fairs are planned to happen across the country, where UPS is hoping to hire nearly 50,000 new employees. There are four hiring events in West and northern Michigan.

They include: 

  • 5757 Clyde Park Ave. SW, Wyoming, Michigan 
  • 50 Fotchman Industrial Park Dr., Petoskey, Michigan 
  • 6688 Corporate Woods Dr., Kalamazoo, Michigan 
  • 2399 Roberts St., Muskegon, Michigan 

UPS in Grand Rapids is still looking to fill more than 372 positions including driver helpers, package handlers and seasonal drivers. 

RELATED: UPS to hire over 400 people in Grand Rapids area ahead of holiday season

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