UPS Part-time Package Handler: Gateway to Many Potential Career Paths UPS is hiring all across the US right now for seasonal, full-time & part-time positions. Click here to search for UPS jobs near you!

Most employees begin their career at UPS as Part-time Package Handlers or as seasonal Driver Helpers in the Package Operations division. While others join UPS Package Operations as Package Delivery Drivers, Tractor-trailer Drivers, and Fleet Mechanics. UPS actively promotes employees from within, and because of UPS's commitment to continuing education and training, the Part-time Package Handler position can be the gateway to many potential career paths within United Parcel Service. Long-standing company policies, such as employee ownership, equal opportunity, and promotion from within, have helped to foster employee dedication, making UPS a preferred employer. UPS provides its permanent, Part-time Package Handlers with fully paid healthcare benefits and many other employee benefits including great employee discounts on Verizon Wireless, as well as preferred pricing on Dell Computers and Panasonic products. And at certain locations, tuition assistance up to $3,000 per year is also provided to permanent, Part-Time Package Handlers.

Full-time Benefits for Part-time Work

The Part-time Package Handler is a physical, fast-paced position that involves continual lifting, lowering, and sliding of packages that typically weigh 25 to 35 lbs. and may weigh up to 70 lbs. Part-time employees usually work 3.5 to 4 hours each weekday (Monday through Friday) and typically do not work on weekends or selected holidays. It is an ideal job for college students who need to work to pay their way through school, or for adults who are looking for convenient, consistent part-time hours with employer-paid "full-time" benefits that fit within their busy lifestyles.

Whether you're a college student who needs to pay for their own education, a single parent looking for healthcare benefits, or you're just looking for a second income by working a convenient, consistent shift, the permanent Part-time Package Handler position just might be the opportunity you've been hoping for. We also invite you to view some videos of actual UPS Part-time Package Handlers that talk about the job, the full-time benefits UPS provides for part-time work, and how they feel about it.

UPS Calls Its 4 Shifts "Sorts": Most Openings at "Night" & "Sunrise".

The "sorts" can range from 3.5 to 5 hours throughout the day and evening including a "Day Sort" (approx. 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.), "Twilight Sort" (approx. 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.), "Night Sort" (approx. 11 p.m. - 3 a.m.), and "Sunrise/Preload Sort" (approx 4 a.m. - 8 a.m.).

Once you choose your sort, if you are hired you will consistently work at that time typically Monday through Friday with weekends off.

UPS is an equal opportunity employer.
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