Help for the Labor Shortage?
NJGCA is seriously looking into a new benefit program that could help your business with what for years has been one of its biggest challenges: finding workers. We have met with a staffing company called ShiftSmart. They have a pool of workers available to work individual shifts at businesses. The employee works for and is paid by ShiftSmart, but you pick the type of work and when the shift is, and whether it's just a one-off or something reoccurring. This could be helpful if your gas attendant suddenly calls out, or you would benefit by having someone show up for an occasional 4-hour shift to help with inventory, unloading deliveries, or cleaning up. Though they don't offer skilled labor like auto technicians, but even repair shops might benefit from bringing someone in occasionally just to clean up, organize, or help with paperwork--allowing your techs to focus on the work they're being paid well for.
Normally, this company only works with businesses that have 25 or more locations, and in addition to paying them for the hours worked there is also a monthly subscription fee that can run a few thousand dollars a month. But what NJGCA is hoping to do is pool together a bunch of our members to access the platform, perhaps for as little as $50 a month per location.
If you are even potentially interested in this, please attend the webinar we are hosting with ShiftSmart on Tuesday December 5th at 12pm. They will talk more about their service and you will have the opportunity to ask questions. You can register by clicking HERE.
Please reach out to Nick@njgca.org with any questions, or if you can't make the webinar but are definitely interested in this program. We can only move forward with it if there is enough interest!
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