A "Now Hiring" sign hangs on the door to the Urban Outfitters store at Quincy Market in Boston, Massachusetts September 5, 2014. That is just slightly above the 324,900 workers they added during the last quarter of the financial recession of 2008. "Seasonal employers have a few issues to grapple with in the coming months. Another is one that has been fairly constant since the pandemic: can they attract workers?," Challenger said. Signs are already emerging that the labor market is starting to cool and employers are hiring at a slower clip.

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Persons: Brian Snyder, Andrew Challenger, Siddharth Cavale, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Urban Outfitters, Quincy Market, REUTERS, Labor, Challenger, Reuters . Retailers, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Labor Department, Thomson Locations: Boston , Massachusetts, New York