Finding seasonal labor for hiring can be a challenge; while businesses need to quickly find qualified labor to catch up on the season and meet operational needs, sometimes quality is sacrificed for speed. In this blog, we’ll explore seven practical tips to help you find seasonal labor for hiring faster while maintaining efficiency.
1. Compile a list of the needed seasonal labor for hiring in your business, with numbers and professions
The cost, effort, and time for hiring a couple of workers, isn’t like hiring a team of 10, and definitely unlike hiring a team of 150. Each has completely different plans and tactics.
Here’re a few steps to identify your business needs for labor better:
- Define the production gaps in your business, the potential seasonal demand, and the demand peak you expect.
- Set the needed skills, by numbers and professions, to fill the current gaps and the seasonal ones.
- Evaluate your budget, the salaries your business can afford, and the perks you can offer.
- Evaluate your offer compared to peer companies in the same field, in order to avoid losing your workers in a critical time of the season, in case they received a better offer.
2. Better rely on a professional company to provide you with qualified labor for hiring
In addition to the legal accountability a manpower company carries on your behalf, which is a great advantage in Saudi Arabia particularly; a manpower company also gives you access to a larger pool of candidates, and has a database of ready labor for hiring in different specialties to meet your business needs.
A professional manpower company would also have a tailored package for seasonal labor, which lets you avoid any additional cost burdens. And if you don’t know, SMASCO was the first company to introduce seasonal labor solutions to the Saudi market. To have qualified labor for hiring with a package tailored to your business needs, contact SMASCO now and get the expert advice and the professional support.
3. Focus on your own business needs, rather than the credentials listed in each resume
And for example, you don’t need a mechanic engineer for a maintenance mission of a packing machine, no matter how tempting the low salary the engineer requests. Rather, focus on what your business really needs, the skills gap that would make a difference in your productivity when filled, the further needs you may have in the future, and how far this candidate can help streamline your production.
4. Start early hires
If it’s a season for you, it’s a season for all of your competitors too. Get first dibs on qualified candidates and start three months earlier to your season. It is important to keep in mind that a new hire will need time for onboarding, fitting into the work environment, getting to know the team members, training, and at least one month of working experience on your own production line to guarantee a fine outcome on the season.
You also need time if the candidate doesn’t fit into the job, making a space of time to have a replacement. This is a service offered by SMASCO. SMASCO covers worker replacement, in case of sickness, didn’t fit in, or escaped, providing a replacement worker to guarantee continuous production.
5. Have a fast and effective response to all candidates
Consider messaging and SMSs. According to LinkedIn, 86% of candidates felt positive when they’ve been text messaged during the recruiting process, plus, SMS and messaging make responses rate higher. Which is an easy way to strengthen your hiring strategy.
6. Set an onboarding process track
Creating an onboarding track accelerates the time each candidate needs to fit it, saving you time, effort, and of course money. A well onboarding track drives performance, results in fewer mistakes and allows less micromanaging by busy managers.
7. Appreciate the current employees that truly add value for your business
“Job changes are becoming a normal part of working life for more and more people,” says Dr. Tobias Zimmermann, labor market expert at The Stepstone Group. “The reason is clear: worker scarcity has firmly arrived in our job market. The employee market has reached a new dimension.”
A study examined how often people find themselves considering a new role: Almost three-quarters think about a new challenge monthly, compared to 64 percent last year and 53 percent in 2021.
It’s important to appreciate your current loyal and productive employees, not only to save time, money, and effort of trying to find alternative labor for hiring but also to attract great potential candidates to your business.
After all, you can never satisfy every single employee working for you, though you can always keep the job benefits up to date, and make sure they’re always on the same level of their peers in the same field.
About SMASCO
The Saudi Manpower Solutions Company, SMASCO, wasn’t only the first company in Saudi Arabia to introduce solutions that offer seasonal labor for hiring in the market, but also, has over a decade of experience, a team of professionals providing multiple business sectors with qualified labor for hiring, and professional support. You can always rely on SMASCO for your seasonal and nonseasonal needs of labor for hiring. Contact SMASCO team now to consult them about your business requirements.
Sources
- Labor Market 2024: More and more people want to change jobs, July 15, 2024, thestepstonegroup.com.
- 5 Tips to Building a Seasonal Recruitment Strategy, avature.net.