5 Benefits of Bringing in Temp Workers for Seasonal Positions

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By Lisa Hutchinson

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5_Benefits_of_Bringing_in_Temp_Workers_for_Seasonal_Positions.jpgSki hills, summer resorts, retailers, agricultural companies, and a vast array of other businesses operate in fields that experience seasonal workload fluctuations. While some seasons might be quiet and you might find yourself paying permanent employees when there isn’t much work to be done, during other seasons you’re tremendously busy and require a much larger workforce to meet the demand.

This unique kind of hiring can be complicated. At some points in the year, you might be overstaffed, while at other times, you might be completely short staffed. Reaching a happy medium that ensures maximum productivity while still ensuring profitability can be difficult with traditional hiring.

If you’re in this position and experience seasonal workload fluctuations, you could greatly benefit from hiring temporary workers in order to successfully navigate the ebb and flow of demand. You can hire a seasonal workforce for peak seasons, then ship them back to your partner temporary staffing agency once demand slows down.

Here are the advantages of bringing in temp workers for seasonal positions.

1. Maintaining Adequate Staffing Levels at All Times

When your busy season approaches, you need all hands on deck. Being short staffed can result in many issues, including reduced levels of customer service, lower customer satisfaction, decreased productivity, and a bad reputation. But being overstaffed when the busy season ends can wreak havoc on your bottom line. You certainly don’t want to pay for workers you don’t need once your workload slows down.

Hiring temp workers for seasonal positions can ensure that you maintain adequate staffing levels at all times. You can ramp up your workforce when demand calls for it and reduce it as needed, all without the commitment of salaries or the pains of laying off loyal workers.

2. Saving Money

Bringing in temp workers for seasonal positions can be the most financially feasible hiring decision you make. If you remain short staffed, you could end up paying far more in overtime costs during your busy days. And if you choose to hire more permanent employees to meet demand, you’ll end up paying more in payroll costs for these workers once your hectic season ends and you no longer really need them.

3. Accepting All Business Opportunities

Temp workers can also help you grow your business. If you don’t have enough workers on site when you have an increase in demand, you might barely be able to handle your current workload, let alone any more that might come along. When a new business opportunity arises, you might have to pass on it, just because you don’t have the workers you need.

Instead, when you hire temp workers for seasonal positions, you can take advantage of all of the business opportunities that arise.

4. Less Risky Hiring

Hiring permanent employees is risky because you never really know how the new hire will perform once they’ve been on-boarded. And when you make hiring mistakes and a new hire proves to be a bad fit, you lose out on time and money associated with the hiring process, the onboarding process, and the training process. You also risk reduced productivity and more accidents and errors being made. And considering it’s your busy season, you just don’t have the time to go out and search for more workers.

When you hire temp workers for seasonal positions, you can simply send the duds back to the staffing agency and request new workers that better suit your needs, all without a financial commitment.

5. Ready from Day One

When you work with a temp staffing agency to find and hire new temp workers for seasonal positions, you’ll be assured new hires who are ready and able to hit the ground running from day one. The staffing agency will ensure that the temps you’re sent are trained, qualified, and skilled to do the job at hand, with very minimal onboarding and training to be completed on your end.

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Lisa Hutchinson

I started with Liberty Staffing in 2004 as the Regional Business Manager of the London office. I have over 20 years of experience in the customer service and retail sectors, as well as leadership experience including Store Management, People Development and Recruiting. In 2016, our London location moved to a larger office in order to accommodate growth of our business, which included adding a Clerical Division.

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