{"id":848,"date":"2012-12-10T20:32:41","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T20:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.net-recruit.co.uk\/blog\/?p=278"},"modified":"2012-12-10T20:32:41","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T20:32:41","slug":"5-tips-for-motivating-seasonal-staff-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pp.dc86.work\/?p=848","title":{"rendered":"5 Tips For Motivating Seasonal Staff This Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-283\" title=\"christmas-bauble\" src=\"http:\/\/www.net-recruit.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/christmas-bauble1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Bauble\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>With the big day fast approaching, chances are most companies will be looking for seasonal staff this christmas to cover staff leave or to help cope with a sudden surge in demand for a product\/service. There are\u00a0certainly\u00a0plenty of candidates out there who are keen to fill these roles so we won&#8217;t discuss how to recruit seasonal workers in this article, but more so the matter of keeping a new temporary workforce motivated and productive.<\/p>\n<p>Just like it is with\u00a0permanent\u00a0staff it&#8217;s also very important to keep a temporary workforce motivated for a number of reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The happiness and motivation of worker directly correlates with their productivity.<\/li>\n<li>An unmotivated worker could end up delivering poor customer service, which in turn could lead to a plethora of hangovers and an overall negative impression of your company.<\/li>\n<li>Unmotivated staff may show a lack of commitment to the company<\/li>\n<li>An unmotivated worker may pay less attention to quality\/detail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So now you should be starting to understand why it is important to motivate your staff this christmas, be they a temporary or permanent member of the team, let&#8217;s look at some easy to implements ways of achieving this.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Respect your staff &#8211; Acknowledge their work efforts, offer compliments where due and if deserved you could perhaps offer small bonus.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage current workers to engage with the temp staff, making them feel welcome and able to ask for help when needed.<\/li>\n<li>No matter how big or small the position, try to create a detailed job spec and plan of action for your temp staff. This will ensure they know what is expected of them from day one and will also create a sense of importance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Make an example of the best workers &#8211; For worthy candidates the presentation of an award in front of peers with acclaim from the boss for a job well done is a fantastic way to spread the Christmas joy and creates positive lasting memories.<\/li>\n<li>If feasible, it may be the case that the position a temp worker is filling may become a full time vacancy in the new year. If this is the case be sure to express this intention and watch the best workers shine through.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- pingbacker_start --><\/p>\n<h4>Related Blogs<\/h4>\n<ul class='pc_pingback'><\/ul>\n<p><!-- pingbacker_end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the big day fast approaching, chances are most companies will be looking for seasonal staff this christmas to cover staff leave or to help cope with a sudden surge in demand for a product\/service. There are\u00a0certainly\u00a0plenty of candidates out there who are keen to fill these roles so we won&#8217;t discuss how to recruit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[53,14,54,55],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pp.dc86.work\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pp.dc86.work\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pp.dc86.work\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pp.dc86.work\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pp.dc86.work\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pp.dc86.work\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pp.dc86.work\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pp.dc86.work\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pp.dc86.work\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pp.dc86.work\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}