Ah, finally spring! Easter is just around the corner and with all the upcoming holidays on the horizon, the hustle and bustle in the logistics and retail sector is starting to pick up. People want to start enjoying themselves again. Fun times, but with a well-staffed schedule. Because being busy is good, but not when you're short-staffed. So, time to get the schedule sorted!
Here are 3 tips to help you navigate challenges in your staffing plan and be ready for the upcoming peak season.
1. Integrate a flexible layer into your staff planning
An efficiently organised and flexible planning strategy for your workforce allows you to rely on quickly deployable people during busy times, which can lead to extra growth in revenue. In addition to your core employees, you have a pool of professionals standing by to step in when needed. This ensures that your company is flexible enough to act swiftly whenever necessary.
Through the Temper platform, you have access to more than 30,000 flexible professionals, each with desirable skills and expertise. Whether you need 1 or 1,000 people, you can easily scale up or down. And even with last-minute changes, you can still stay in control.
2. Think and plan ahead
When you have a flexible workforce, you can still plan ahead. For example, if you know that you’ll need extra hands during the weeks around Easter, you can schedule this in advance on the platform. We find that the longer you post a shift in advance, the better your chances are of finding professionals on time. There are cancellation terms of up to 24 hours, so if you realise you don’t need the extra hands after all, you have the flexibility to cancel.
3. Create a Flexpool
Familiar faces feel reassuring. Through Temper, you can also put together flexpools of trusted people you would like to work with again. A flexpool consists of driven and reliable professionals who have already proven themselves within your company. They help to keep the quality stable, and make it quicker and easier to fill open shifts. When you post a shift, the platform automatically sends a notification to the professionals in your pool. They can then sign up immediately, at the push of a button. It's that easy. You can also create different flexpools for different purposes and roles.
After reading these tips, are you thinking ‘this is what I want!’? Well we have good news. You can create a free Temper account and take a look around the platform today. You’ll quickly gain access to the largest pool of flexible professionals in your sector, whether that’s hospitality, retail or logistics. Good luck!
