{"id":454471,"date":"2026-10-02T17:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/454471\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:52:12","slug":"holiday-jobs-at-south-plains-mall-lubbock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/454471\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Jobs At South Plains Mall, Lubbock"},"content":{"rendered":"

The holidays are coming, which means Christmas music, peppermint-flavored everything and the annual realization that all those presents aren’t going to pay for themselves.<\/p>\n

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Fortunately, South Plains Mall <\/a>is getting ready for the holiday shopping season with a hiring fair, and a bunch of stores are looking for extra help.<\/p>\n

Even better, some applicants could potentially walk away with a job the same day.<\/p>\n

\"SouthSouth Plains MallSouth Plains MallSouth Plains Mall’s Holiday Hiring Fair Is Coming Up<\/p>\n

South Plains Mall is offering both virtual and in-person ways to find a seasonal job this year.<\/p>\n

The Virtual Hiring Fair runs October 1st through October 10th, allowing job seekers to browse available positions online before ever heading to the mall.<\/p>\n

Then, on Saturday, October 10th, South Plains Mall will host its in-person Holiday Hiring Fair from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Grand Court.<\/p>\n

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Hiring managers from multiple stores will be there, with on-the-spot interviews and immediate hiring opportunities available.<\/p>\n

So maybe don’t show up wearing the pajama pants you normally wear to wander around the mall.<\/p>\n

Which Lubbock Stores Are Hiring?<\/p>\n

Quite a few.<\/p>\n

Participating retailers include Adventure Time Express, Build-A-Bear Workshop, BoxLunch, Bath & Body Works, Lovisa, Maurices, JCPenney, PINK, Shoe Palace, Victoria’s Secret and Zales, with additional retailers expected to participate.<\/p>\n

That’s a pretty broad selection of jobs, particularly for students or anyone looking to make some additional money during November and December.<\/p>\n

And let’s face it: Retailers can use the help.<\/p>\n

Once Black Friday arrives, working at the mall can occasionally feel like you’ve been dropped into a very festive combat zone.<\/p>\n

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You don’t have to wait until October 10th to see what’s available.<\/p>\n

South Plains Mall’s virtual hiring event is already underway, with available positions posted through the mall’s online job listings.<\/p>\n

You can browse those openings at South Plains Mall’s Jobs Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The mall says the event is open to students, recent graduates and anyone looking for a new employment opportunity, with seasonal positions increasing as retailers prepare for the busiest shopping period of the year.<\/p>\n

Here’s What You Need to Know<\/p>\n

The South Plains Mall Holiday Hiring Fair happens Saturday, October 10th, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Grand Court at South Plains Mall in Lubbock.<\/p>\n

The virtual hiring fair continues through October 10th.<\/p>\n

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With multiple retailers conducting interviews in the same place, it’s a pretty convenient opportunity to talk to several potential employers without spending an entire afternoon driving around Lubbock filling out applications.<\/p>\n

And if you land one of those seasonal jobs?<\/p>\n

You’ll have a little extra jingle in your pocket just in time for Christmas.<\/p>\n

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Gallery Credit: Landon King<\/p>\n

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Gallery Credit: Landon King<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The holidays are coming, which means Christmas music, peppermint-flavored everything and the annual realization that all those presents…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1445,168,170,169,223],"class_list":["post-454471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-articles","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}