Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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With summer employers at the end of their seasons, and winter employers ramping up their hiring, we thought late September provided a great opportunity to bring seasonal HR professionals, managers and owners together for a community conversation. Fifty seasonal employers from across the country, representing 18 states and a…
In March of 2020, the CoolWorks team began to reach out to employers advertising on CoolWorks to recommend that they share any and all information on how the COVID-19 virus might impact and affect the experience of working Jobs In Great Places this summer. At that time, we hoped…
On June 22, 2020, the President signed an executive order suspending certain temporary employment-based visa programs through December 31, 2020. In this resource we examine some of the effects of this order and how they may affect staffing through the rest of the year.
Here at CoolWorks, we count ourselves lucky to get to work with a wide variety of amazing organizations across the country and see immense diversity among the employers we serve. In the past month we’ve hosted three webinars for employers to connect, share, and learn from one another.
In the midst of the current coronavirus crisis, all of us are facing much uncertainty. Developments are fast-paced; projections are constantly changing and cover a wide spectrum of best- and worst-case scenarios. The best we can do is to take everything one day at a time. Planning and communication…
Moving across the country for a new job in a great place is undoubtedly exciting, but it’s also daunting and intimidating. For first-time seasonal workers, taking this step is a huge life decision, one that they’re likely to second-guess many times before they actually pack their bags. If you…
– Employees are your first guests. Talk to them that way.
– Go beyond the “what” – communicate the “why.”
– Always Be Authentic.
To be more successful at attracting qualified talent, helping them succeed and enjoy their season, and hopefully creating an experience they’ll want to return to, employers should strive to engage their current and prospective staff on a personal level at every step of the seasonal employment life-cycle.
Regardless of your industry, now is the time to evaluate your entire employee experience to maximize the return on long-term investments needed to acquire great new talent.