Let’s face it- Organisations in every industry will have to hire part-timers at one point or another. Part-timers cater to flexible needs and help ease the workload on a temporary project. However, hiring part-timers has its obstacles, regardless of the opportunities offered.
In addition to working with limited wages and benefits, they are often expected to have the experience, to be smart, and a reliable worker. Hence, a different approach is required when hiring a part-timer.
Hire Temporary Staffing Singapore does not end at the hiring process. It involves managing them onsite and providing proper welfare. It sounds easy enough, but not when it comes to hiring, managing, and coordinating 50 or more part-timers. Event Manpower Singapore can easily go up to 150 to 200 depending on the scale and budget of the event.
Here are 5 things you should know when hiring a part-time manpower.
Flexibility
There are many reasons why they choose to work part-time instead of seeking full-time positions, but the main reason that will affect you the most will be their level of commitment. This refers to students taking up part-time education, self-employed individuals, and even retirees looking for some extra cash. Therefore, with the little amount of free time available on their schedule, part-timers prefer event-based projects, where their commitment level goes as far as only 3-4 days.
Hence to understand their level of commitment, a series of questions you may want to ask are:
1) What is your period of availability?
2) What is your preferred working hours during the period?
Managing expectations
However, with flexibility in mind, efficiency should remain your number one priority to hiring part-timers. Therefore, you have to ensure that their level of commitment realistically meets your expectations. This can only be achieved through transparency from both parties. Clear communication on what is expected from both yourself and the part-timer will ensure smooth job execution.
Be selective with job postings
Don’t make the same mistake of most organisations out there – blasting job posts with little to no information or even worse, misleading ones! This unwantedly welcomes a mass amount of application that is time-consuming to filter through. You could end up missing the perfect candidate for the job!
Be clear on the job scope and identify the key traits you would want in the perfect candidate. You know what the job requires of the individual, so you have the ideal candidate to search for and focus on.
Find a job site that specialises in flexible and part-time positions. If your job offer fits the needs of full-time students, you can take part in specific job fairs in schools or approach school-career counselors. Many schools encourage student participation in event jobs to broaden their experience and will be more than happy to share the job postings to the readily available pool of job-seeking students.
Best competitive pay in the industry
A better way to increase the quality of part-timers showing interest in the job is to offer competitive wages within the industry. Similar to a fulltime staff, a part-timer’s impression on the job offer, and eventually motivation to work will fall harder on the remuneration.
Be honest and explain in detail the wages, work schedule, and the expected salary day. Offering additional job perks/benefits for interested part-time candidates can help to increase your chances of hiring better quality workers and in return, help to boost their morale and performance when they are on the job.
“Success is dependent on effort”
You have to put in the effort to look for the perfect candidate for a part-time job. These tips are not the comprehensive guide to hiring part-timers but act as a minimal guide for you, to reassess and improve on if needed.
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About In D Grey
In D Grey is Singapore’s leading manpower and talent agency that specialises in part-time event manpower in Singapore. We provide reliable part-time event manpower, coordinators, casuals, surveyors, registration temps, ushers, packers, temperature scanners, admin assistants, talents, mascots, promoters, models and many more temporary staffing solutions.
At In D Grey, we help alleviate the frustrations of our clients and enable them to make better use of their time by customising our services to cater to their individual requirements. We strive to invigorate both the event and delegate experiences, with a team of trained, dedicated and dynamic crew to see the entire project through. We source, coordinate and plan according to the different needs, placing a heavy emphasis on our crew’s relevant experiences, attitudes and aptitudes.
Our team believes that no two requests are the same, and work hand-in-hand with each and every one of our clients to optimise their budgets according to their needs.
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