Whether they're permanent or temporary, it's important to keep employees engaged to improve retention in warehouse and light industrial positions. After all, you rely on them to be on the front line of your production and customer service goals. If you're considering retaining top-performing temporary workers permanently, here are some effective retention strategies. Set Realistic [...]
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It has historically been referred to as “time and a half” for a reason. That’s about what you need to pay members of your full-time team to fill in and work extra during peak times of seasonal or other unplanned production demands. When you factor overtime in across numerous employees or for extended periods of [...]
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The new year is just underway. Even though January brings cold weather, you don’t want to see productivity or profitability start to freeze up: now or ever. The business environment in warehousing and light industry is as competitive as ever as you deal with fluctuating order volumes and the ongoing supply and demand issues that [...]
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Your administrative staff is the backbone of your business, keeping all your functional teams on track with everything from data entry, filing, and document management to appointment scheduling and customer service assistance. So when workloads spike up or admin team members are out on sick leave or vacation, you need a solid plan in place [...]
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January 9, 2025- Posted in
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Get 2025 off to a productive start by right-sizing your workforce, now and throughout the year. A great strategic solution lies in using temporary staff in your warehouse and light industrial positions—to manage post-holiday demands and keep your team flexible for whatever lies ahead. The benefits of temporary staffing directly relate to these industry trends. [...]
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Right-sizing staff for your light industrial business is key to the success of all your key performance indicators (KPIs) and business goals, now and throughout the year ahead. Temporary staffing can help as you manage fluctuating customer demands and seasonal changes with ease and efficiency. Partnering with a temporary agency streamlines recruitment and gets qualified [...]
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They may not be with your company forever, but temporary workers are still part of your team. An important part, in fact—as you’ve hired them to step in, often on short notice, to fill critical vacancies, help complete high-priority projects, and/or keep productivity high despite holiday season demands. Effective onboarding is crucial to any employee’s [...]
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As an employer in the light industrial or manufacturing industry, chances are you battle cases of staff burnout year round. But, the holiday season leads to pileups of demanding year-end projects, increased absences due to vacations and the scourge of the cold and flu season, and overall stress levels ramping up faster than you can [...]
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The annual year-end countdown is on. Much like that clock ticking down the seconds on New Year’s Eve, the month of December can feel like time refuses to slow as you try and finish 2024 strong from a business standpoint. When it comes to light industrial and administrative needs, the end-of-year demands are many. They [...]
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There are many benefits of cross-training your employees across different departments and positions. Trained employees win because they feel valued and get to grow, the trainers win because they have an opportunity to share their expertise, and the organization wins because employee satisfaction has increased and they have employees that are more knowledgeable in different [...]
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