Recruitment Case Study
Options for filling seasonal jobs
During summer these companies have a booming business and hence temporary recruitments are made. They have an option only to recruit people or workers who are in need of a summer job. They can therefore put up advertisements in areas where there are high unemployment rates; though through this the number of recruits is low, it is still something. They can also recruit students from swim teams though this also has a minimal turn out. They can also seek seasonal employees but not under the H-2B program. Since these countries have shown great interest in these seasonal employments they can also recruit them directly.
Additional recruitment recommendations
High sierra pools should strive to retain any seasonal workers they get at a particular time. They should offer them a good pay and incentives so that they will always want to stay within the company. Through this they can be sure they will not need to seek new workers during summer. They will just know that they have ready seasonal workers in waiting who are already trained and there will be no hustle in retraining them.
Businesses that rely on the seasonal labor workers should strive to combat the changing government policies that affect these workers. They should ensure that the policies that are set are in favor of the workers and this will ensure that they do not have any labor shortage at any one point.
Recruiting strategies for seasonal jobs
This summer business owners can identify opposite seasonal business and use them as recruitment sources. They can do exchanges with winter employees when they are out of work. These employees will be cross trained in different tasks and they can hence be employed all year round by two or even more employees.
Another strategy is by providing tangible incentives that will ensure the return of these employees. They can give returning bonuses, and create loyalty program incentives that increase annually as an employee returns.
They can also consider alternative sources of employees; this may be pools that are not yet tapped as much as they could. They can look at workers who have an interest in seasonal jobs or those who want to work part time. This can be for instance older workers or early retirees who are in their fifties and are struggling to get employment of after they have been laid off in spite their tremendous experience. They can put into consideration hiring aboriginal people like new immigrants, visible minorities, and also people with disabilities since disability is not inability. They can also consider employing stay at home mums or dads who have no form of employment. They can also consider re hiring their former employees. They can consider people who have other jobs but want their income supplemented.
The business that seeks to hire seasonal employees should start the process early. They should start before other businesses with the same interest start. This will have a guide on a more extensive pipeline of candidates. Those businesses that will not have an early start will eventually end up scrambling for hire.
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