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Handling seasonal production needs can be a hassle – especially if you don’t know when exactly the seasonal push will hit. You have to learn to expect the unexpected. Preparing for seasonal production spikes is one of the most important things to plan for because it ensures your workers have the room to breathe and your clients get their product supply on time.
Why is Seasonal Preparation Important?
Whether you get routine seasonal pushes around the holidays or have random surges in demand, it’s important to stay prepared. If you don’t have an appropriate staff on hand, late orders can happen, your employees can burn out faster and there’s a higher chance of getting things wrong. However, by having a solution in place, you can ensure your business keeps moving along seamlessly and burnout doesn’t happen.
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How to Prepare for Seasonal Production Spikes
Prepare with a Seasonal Staffing Plan
The best way to keep up with supply and demand during seasonal upticks is to prepare with a seasonal staffing plan. If you have an idea of when your demand picks up based on past statistics, it can help you better estimate when it will pick up in the future. Your seasonal staffing plan should include:
- Historical staffing trends
- Projected workload and demand forecasts by department or shift
- Identification of critical roles that must be filled during peak periods
- Clear and comprehensive job descriptions
- Budget considerations for additional labor costs
- Communication plan for informing teams about seasonal changes
- Contingency plan for absences or sudden increases in workload
Putting a plan in place before the seasonal surge gives you a playbook to follow. This gives you a leg up on your competition when it comes time to actually hire.
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Partner with an Experienced Seasonal Staffing Agency
By speaking with a staffing specialist like Strom, you can figure out your seasonal staffing needs and put a plan in place that will help you accommodate your needs.
Once we create a hiring and staffing plan, we handle hiring, onboarding and disbandment.
We’ll handle the hiring and screening of potential candidates and will get your go-ahead before sending them out to your work location.Not only does Strom cover the staffing strategy and seasonal hiring, but we also cover the onboarding process. All you have to do is provide the tools and daily job tasks. We’ll take care of everything else (pay, lodging, insurance, etc.) while you focus on what you do best: running your company.
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After your season comes to an end and the project is finished, we’ll disband our temp workers quickly and seamlessly.
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Solve Seasonal Production Needs with Strom Engineering
If you’re looking for an easy way to solve temporary project needs without all the hassle, staffing agencies like Strom Engineering are ideal for preparing for seasonal production spikes. If you’d like to keep production up even during the busy season, partnering with a staffing and recruitment agency is the best all-around solution for getting workers to your site quickly and skipping all the extra work.
Ready to see how we can solve your seasonal staffing needs?
Strom Engineering is a national staffing and recruitment agency, with a particular focus on manufacturing, engineering, assembly, and other trade positions. We match skilled candidates to temporary or project staffing positions. Learn more about how it works and check out our case studies for more information.