Industrial Staffing

Happy employees are a competitive advantage in today’s job market. This is especially true in hyper-competitive blue-collar industries such as construction, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, and other industries. The success of any business operating in the blue-collar sector hinges on recruiting and retaining quality workers. Given the demands of blue-collar work, this can be a challenge – physically demanding tasks, long hours, lower pay, and limited opportunities for career growth are all factors that can make finding and keeping good help difficult.

When military generals are outnumbered on the battlefield, they call in reinforcements. And when the battle is won, they draw down their forces and tighten their supply lines. Now, staffing managers are also realizing the power of flexible deployment. Temporary workers offer a game-changing advantage for businesses in the industrial and warehouse sectors. These sectors often experience seasonal peak periods of demand, and a flexible staffing strategy featuring temporary workers can help to meet fluctuating productivity goals while controlling

Canada has a long history of immigration – indeed, the nation was founded on it. Over the decades, millions of people from across the globe have chosen Canada as their new home, and that influx has only accelerated in recent years, powered by the federal government’s more aggressive immigration policy beginning in 2015. A 2021 survey found that almost one-quarter of Canada’s population identifies as landed immigrants or permanent residents, the largest proportion among advanced economies.

Unlike the digital experiences above, the recruitment industry is traditionally an inherently human endeavor – it’s always been about people finding jobs for people. While this fundamental principle hasn’t changed, AI has supercharged the entire end-to-end hiring and staffing lifecycle from recruitment to workforce management, business process automation, payroll processing, and more. And the result is changing the staffing industry landscape.

From personal connections to professional networking, social media has changed how we interact with the world. While LinkedIn is the social media platform traditionally associated with work-related content, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are also increasingly used for recruitment efforts. From sourcing the ideal candidates to screening potential new hires, these social networking sites provide powerful ways for companies to attract and retain the right people.

With the boom in remote work and the globalization of economies, it has become increasingly common for businesses to source workers through the international, online labor market. New technologies allow small businesses and employers to pursue top talent to fill jobs. We will discuss how an online staffing platform can help you access the best workers from the local labor supply.

Traditional staffing agencies are a mainstay in the labor marketplace, but they quickly lose ground to an online, digital staffing agency that leverages technology and a proprietary staffing platform. Learn how a staffing platform run by a digital staffing agency trumps a traditional staffing agency and how you can benefit from the digitalization of the recruitment process.