10 Tips for Creating a Productive Temporary Employee Workforce by Smart Resources Staffing
10 Tips for Creating a Productive Temporary Employee Workforce, timely advice for employers hiring and managing temporary workers.
Chicago, IL, (PRWEB) May 12, 2009 -- So how do you get the most out the temporary employees you've hired to fill in during crunch time, manage a temporary project, or fill in for a staff member on leave? Smart Resources, Inc, a Chicago temporary administrative and executive assistant staffing agency, and recipient of ValueStar's highest service rating, offered the following advice to its clients:
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1. Planning pays off.
Before work starts, contact your personnel department or a representative from a temporary employment agency and explain your needs. The experts can help find the right person for the job, but they need to know specific criteria so that they can send qualified candidates to do the work.
2. Ask your employees.
First, solicit suggestions from your staff on how and where temporary workers should be used. Second, ask employees for recommendations for temp job candidates. Third, if a recommendation pays off, consider giving an appropriate reward.
3. Communicate. Tell your employees what's going on. Even the most secure employees may feel threatened if they suddenly see a new face in the next cubicle. Let your staff know beforehand why you are bringing in temporary administrative help and what they will be doing. Get them excited about the extra help.
4. Be prepared.
Allocate workspace and round up a phone, computer, and other office supplies the temporary worker might need before he or she arrives. Otherwise you'll pay good money for the temp to sit around and watch you set up shop.
5. Who's the boss?
Assign someone to meet the temporary worker at the door. Have that person introduce the temporary worker to the person who will oversee their work and to other temps and full-time workers who will be working with them or are in adjacent spaces. Clearly establish whom, and how, they should ask for help or advice. Also, let the temporary worker know who is supposed to give him or her direction, work, and feedback.
6. Be specific.
Tell new temporary workers exactly what you want done, and be clear about work rules, office routines, daily starting and quitting times, and the length of the assignment.
7. Set reasonable objectives.
Don't expect a temporary receptionist to know everyone's name within five minutes, or a file clerk to immediately understand all the peculiarities of your system. Be realistic, but challenging, about what a newcomer can accomplish.
8. Give feedback.
Ask a supervisor to check in with the temporary worker to evaluate their progress and answer any questions. Even the simplest instructions can be misunderstood, so follow up to make sure things are moving along smoothly. It costs less to correct mistakes early on than it does to write off a whole day's efforts because of a simple miscommunication.
9. Show some respect.
Treat temporary workers the way you'd want to be treated. Even if they will be with you for only a short period of time, they should be treated like other members of the team. Once they get involved in the work, solicit their feedback and listen to their suggestions. Newcomers (especially temps who have worked at several firms) have experience in different environments. They can bring a fresh perspective, and their views are often quite revealing.
10. Temp-to-perm?
If you are using temporary workers as a means of identifying potential employees, let them know what your plans are. That information could be the extra incentive necessary to motivate superior performance, and it could help you spot a valuable new addition to your team.
For more information about temporary staffing in Chicago, contact Smart Resources Staffing or Tim Flood at 312-696-5306. VIsit the website at http://www.smartstaffing.com/index.html.
About Smart Resources
Smart Resources was founded in 1994 to offer the Chicago market a superior experience for temporary and temp-to-hire staffing. By treating candidates and temporary staff remarkably better than typical staffing firms, the company can offer a higher quality candidate. Smart Resources staffs a variety of office positions for temporary staffing needs and specializes in placing full-time executive assistants. The staffing company has developed a unique process for screening candidates and for getting to know companies they work with in order to consistently provide the right match.
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