Vacation worker as employee favorite

August 7, 2020

In the summer of 2020, many employers appeared to favor hiring vacation workers. According to the job site Indeed.
Especially in the hospitality and cleaning industries, there are increasingly appeal to students and scholars, but these young people are also often hired in the healthcare industry.

That all this has to do with the government's expanded Corona measures since early summer is not surprising. Demand has increased especially in the hospitality, retail and still healthcare industries. From nothing, to in a short time, serving as many customers as possible. Vacation workers are available in sufficient numbers during the summer months and can be hired at a low rate. In various industries lay the proportion of hired vacation workers in the spring/summer of 2020 is therefore several percent higher than in the same period in 2019.

Uncertainty is cause of increase in flex worker hiring

At the beginning, in a number of industries not yet predictable what the expanded Corona measures would mean for the influx of customers. Immediately new hiring permanent employees was therefore not yet the issue. But in order to properly serve the people, staff was needed quickly. Personnel that were widely available among students and scholars, many of whom had lost their side jobs in the Corona crisis.

It seems that entrepreneurs have become more cautious with investments, including investments in (permanent) labor. With a good flexible workforce, they can still guarantee their continuity to a certain extent as much as possible.

Popular vacation jobs in 2020

Cleaning jobs are popular among vacation workers. They make up 10% of vacation jobs. We also see significant growth among domestic workers. In the retail/hospitality sector, Zeeman and McDonalds take the crown when it comes to hiring schoolchildren and students. Cleaning companies Hago and Asito also score high when it comes to the number of flex workers.

You also see that there is increasing interest among young people For vacation jobs in the cleaning industry, for a job as a domestic worker or a salesperson. Young people seem to have excellent knowledge of where there is work and are setting their sights on those jobs. This year will also see the limited opportunity to work at be able to go on vacation participated in the growing army of hired vacation workers.

Outsource administration of your flex workers

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