According to SnagaJob’s Hiring Holiday Report 2024, 18% of workers looking for a holiday job want to test out a new company. Also, 66% would consider staying on at a job they liked.
Transitioning seasonal workers to full-time employees supports business success. Retaining your best talent beyond peak season reduces hiring, onboarding, and training costs for a stronger bottom line.
Follow these guidelines to retain your best talent beyond peak season.
Develop Your Seasonal Worker Transition Plan
Proactively create your plan to transition specific seasonal workers into full-time employees:
- Identify the seasonal workers with the most potential.
- Look for adaptability, a strong work ethic, collaboration, and a commitment to reaching company goals.
- Monitor punctuality, work quality, attitude, and skills.
Understanding which seasonal workers fit your criteria for full-time employment supports the transition process.
Develop an Attractive Culture
Create a work culture that recognizes and rewards all team members’ contributions. Creating a sense of belonging, value, and respect encourages seasonal workers to remain long-term.
Prioritize Communication
Engage in regular, transparent conversations with the seasonal workers you would like to convert to full-time employees. Let them know you would appreciate having them permanently join your team. Also, clarify your expectations and the steps to transition to full-time.
Provide Professional Development Opportunities
Invest in relevant training and development for seasonal workers. Developing their skills adds more value to your organization. As a result, seasonal workers who become full-time employees can continuously increase their contributions, results, and impact on your company.
Clarify Career Paths
Demonstrate opportunities for career progression within your organization. Showing seasonal workers options for advancement encourages them to transition to long-term employees.
Encourage Constructive Feedback
Support seasonal workers in sharing what they like best about your company, what could be better, and specific examples for improvement. Implement the best ideas to improve the work environment. Showing you value and respect seasonal workers encourages them to become full-time employees.
Customize Your Full-Time Incentives
Offer tailored incentives for seasonal workers to transition to permanent employees. Examples include in-demand benefits, performance-based bonuses, and pay increases.
Ask Seasonal Workers to Become Full-Time Employees
Talk with select seasonal workers about transitioning to full-time employees well before their contracts end. Because many workers will be exploring other job opportunities, you should take action before they make firm decisions.
Get Help Hiring Seasonal Employees
Let Impact Staffing get to work helping your businesses find reliable seasonal workers. Contact us to start the process today.
