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HOW TO HANDLE TEMPORARY STAFFING Understanding how to manage your staffing needs is the challenge that every business owner will face. And these challenges are all the more apparent for small business owners due to the lower budgets and more pressing needs associated with running these companies. Whether you are seeking temporary staff for upcoming events or you are hoping to hire these individuals for short-term projects with the company you will have to figure out the best way to find the ideal staffing agency. Why Because a staffing agency is the best way to complete temporary hiring. Work with a Staffing Agency The reason why it is so vital to work with a staffing agency is because they take away a lot of the stress from your plate. Yes you will still need to approve the hires and you will need to organize their schedules and pays. But the major difficulty is working through the hiring process and a staffing agency takes care of that. Say you need ten people for an event in a week. Do you have time to hire those ten people It is probably too much for your already overflowing plate of work. That is why a staffing agency can be so useful. How to Communicate Your Needs One of the key elements of speaking with a staffing agency is being able to communicate your needs. As a small business you may need a few employees for an event or you may need people who will complete one-off or ongoing projects with your company. No matter your needs it is important that you communicate them appropriately with the staffing agency. They will help you find the right people and it will take a lot of hassle away from your plate. Managing Schedules Another challenge is to figure out how you will schedule the work hours and pay rates for the various temporary staff members you are hiring. A staffing agency will help but if that work is left up to you it is best to use a staff scheduling software or event scheduling software to make the process easier.

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Say you are set to have a major event related to your business in the next few weeks. The event will require you to schedule 20 or 30 extra staff members on a temporary basis. Not only will you need to confirm the hiring of these staff members but you must organize their schedules by days and time. The scheduling process gets even more complicated when you consider that you have to balance the needs of so many people along with those of the company. Each staff member will have hours they cannot work which means reworking the schedule after the first draft. While you can do this all by hand it is much easier when you are using specially designed scheduling software. When you find the right event or staff scheduling software and you get into contact with a top staffing agency we believe that many of your temporary staffing-related problems will be solved.