Recruiting Part Timers for your Business

There are many types of businesses that require part time workers. Teaching, freelance writing, data entry jobs and childcare providers are examples of some part time jobs that are much in demand nowadays.

If yours is a business that requires part time workers only or alongside full time employees, you may be unaware that recruiting these employees can turn out to be quite a challenging task if it is not handled well.

Challenges 

One of the biggest challenges faced is that these part time workers are assigning only a few hours to work because they have another priority to deal with, either personally or professionally. Thus managing their schedules and hiring them as per when they are available could be tricky.

Moreover part timers have an attitude that since they have much less time to give, they would rather make the most of it and thus expect to be compensated well. Their hourly payment expectations are hence higher than regular full time employees hired on a monthly payroll.

How to Hire Part Timers

1.    To hire part timers you could post jobs in newspapers and trade magazines or even have an online job posting specifying clearly the part time position that you need to fill. In fact, one of the best ways to go about hiring part timers is through the internet. Post jobs on job specific websites and expect a fantastic response as most of the prospective employees will be stay at home mothers or students spending a great deal of time online and probably on a constant hunt for a lucrative way to make money in their spare time.

2.    Another way is to look for already employed part timers who may be looking for a second job to supplement their income. This is especially for college lecturers who take evening classes or babysitters who take up sitting jobs for couples heading to dinner.  They will most likely be open to take up a day job for a few hours as teachers or childcare providers or even something that is different from their field but relatively easy to imbibe.

Irrespective of how you recruit, keep in mind the challenges and make sure to mention the amount of time and the specific timings that you will require these part timers to be available for work.