If yours is a field that has varied periods of high
and low business depending upon the time of the year and season, there is a
good chance that you face regular staffing problems. Considering that there
will be need for less staff in dull periods and an increased need to employ
more workers during peak seasons, you will always face the challenge of being
able to find those extra few workers on short notice, every time there is a
rise in business.
So how exactly should you deal with this problem?
·
If you are
registered with an online job website, there are plenty of options for you to
recruit multiple staff at one time. Most websites offer the option of job batch feed where job posting packages of
50 to 1000 jobs or even more are available. These multiple jobs simply need to
be sent in a batch feed file and they can be advertised simultaneously on the
website.
· Another way
to recruit multiple staff is by picking up fresh graduates from University
campuses and educational institutes. Most of these graduates are looking for
immediate employment and will be more than happy to even take up something on a
project basis for a few months, simply to get the experience.
·
Keep a
resume database handy of all the people that you could not hire during dull
periods due to lack of vacancies. There is a good chance that they may be still
looking when you need them in peak business season. Hire them on for a few
months to deal with the increased workload and if they are exceptionally good,
you could even retain them or contract with them to hire on a regular basis
during peak seasons.
·
Get in touch
with your ex employees especially those who are on a sabbatical or had left due
to personal reasons. There is a good chance that most of them will be willing
to work on project basis or for a few months if compensated well.
While most of these
options will yield good results, the job batch feed
option is best suited when large numbers of positions are required to be
filled.
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