As a warehouse manager or owner, the buck stops with you. You’re in charge of what goes on in their warehouse. However, unless you’re down there on the floor every day, how your warehouse runs on a day-to-day basis and what type of numbers you turn in are determined by your employees. You already have your core group of workers that have been with you for years, but this group may not always be able to shoulder the whole load. When holidays like Christmas roll around, you will need seasonal employees to help meet your goals.
3 Tips for Hiring Seasonal Warehouse Workers
Hiring seasonal employees can be intimidating to an owner or manager. How will these employees fit in with my regular employees? Do they know what they’re doing? Am I hiring an honest hard-worker? The mysteries of seasonal workers can throw you off, but there are some steps you can take to help get your warehouse the best seasonal employees that are out there. Let’s learn more about hiring seasonal workers for your warehouse.
1. Look to a Reliable Source
An ad in the local paper won’t cut it when it comes to seasonal workers. You want your seasonal employees to have some experience, and you want them to hit the ground running during rush times. You must find your seasonal employees from a reliable source. Luckily there are trade groups, labor pools, and even other warehouses where you can find seasonal labor. Find a great, reliable source, and you can use that for your seasonal hires year after year.
2. Start Early
You should begin the hiring process for seasonal employees as soon as you realize you need them. The good seasonal employees will be hired first, and by starting the process early, you can be certain your warehouse isn’t filled with inexperienced laborers or shady characters.
3. Get References
A resume is nothing more than words and will not tell you everything you need to know about a potential hire. To get the best seasonal hires, you want references. You may hire one seasonal worker at a time, or you might work with an agency. Regardless of where you find your seasonal help, you want references. Don’t sit on the references either, call them to get an idea what a potential hire can bring to your warehouse.
Hiring seasonal help for your warehouse can be a gamble, but it doesn’t have to be if you play your cards right. Use a reliable source to find help, start early on to get the best help, and always get references. With these three tools, you’re much more likely to hire reliable and experienced seasonal warehouse workers.
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