The busy holiday season is fast approaching, and with unemployment rates low and temporary worker demand high, finding qualified temporary help may be challenging this year. Employers need cost-efficient ways to find their temporary holiday help and CalChamber can help with our HRCalifornia Job Board.
The National Retail Federation estimates that retailers will hire between 530,000 and 590,000 seasonal workers this year. Notably, as the retail business model evolves due to consumer preferences and new technologies, tracking seasonal hiring becomes more complicated as retailers hire not only seasonal store workers but also temporary workers for their warehouses, call centers, company headquarters and transportation departments.
Employers should start recruiting temporary workers early in the season and create a recruitment strategy to attract top talent. Hiring workers early allows employers more time to build a relationship with them and find out the additional perks top talent may want. Although money is usually the biggest incentive, companies have discovered that discounts and special shopping days may attract workers. One company found its employee discount was the main reason temporary workers chose to work for them — over compensation or the promise of a full-time position, according to a recent HR Dive article.
Your best plan to find qualified candidates is to know what you’re looking for. You’ll need to have a clear job description and you need to get it in front of potential applicants. Many online job boards allow you to post your job advertisement, but employers pay an average of $300 per posting to advertise a job opening for 30 days — posting one open position into two additional job boards can cost as much as $1,200.
HRCalifornia Job Board is a free service for CalChamber Preferred Members or higher, and anyone can view job postings and apply for open positions. And these members may post as many positions on the HRCalifornia Job Board as they need — there’s no limit or additional cost. If members maintain their CalChamber membership status, they are free to post and manage their job listings.
A CalChamber membership also provides timesaving HR tools and resources. Preferred members can access the Labor Law Helpline, where our HR Advisers support California employers on labor, employment and human resources issues. Not a member? See what else CalChamber can do for you.
