Businesses that work within the construction market face more challenges than most when it comes to finding staff. Sourcing workers with the necessary skills in a quickly changing work environment that often runs through periods of extremely high demand, can leave companies in a tough spot. Paying for qualified workers on a full time basis can be expensive, and once the project ends or work dries up it can mean that their services are no longer required, but their salary may still need to be paid.
Level-up your short-term staffing
Finding short-term staffing easily
Finding short-term workers to help manage heavy workloads or handle large projects requires a dependable solution if a company is to effectively manage its obligations.
For those businesses that depend on short-term staff, the process of finding, hiring, and retaining reliable help can pose a challenge, with unreliable workers and an uncertain level of dependability.
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March 7, 2022
Protecting Grafters where it matters the most
Grafter benefits for workers
It’s been a year like no other, and for many Grafters, money is more tight than ever over a year into the pandemic.
We know how tough things can be, and we wanted to do something about it. So we’ve teamed up with Collective Benefits to provide Grafters with benefits. Paid for by us, and designed exclusively for you.
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April 12, 2021
Hire workers – top tips!
Hire workers for temp jobs securely
There are some important considerations when you are looking to hire workers for temp jobs. Here are our top 10 points to remember… We have also added a few notes on how Grafter can help you with each of the points!
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March 23, 2021
How to find labourers
The best ways to find labourers
There are a number of ways to find labourers and workers for your business. As the world has become more ‘digital’ there are some new online ways to find labourers, as well as the more established and traditional ways. So what’s the best way to find labourers these days?
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March 8, 2021
Grafter workforce supply
How Grafter can help with workforce supply
Digital disruption in the construction industry is escalating rapidly, with new tech adoption changing fields such as BIM, advanced project management and even robotics. But one area which digitisation is transforming most notably, and with immediate effects, is in the construction workforce supply.
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March 5, 2021
Avoid Expensive Agencies
Avoid Expensive Agencies with Hidden Mark-up!
The problem with a traditional temp agency is that there is a very high overhead in managing the jobs. Especially relatively to the value of short-term work. A temp agency has to employ lots of people to call around to find and organise the worker. The staff have to manage contracts and all the other paperwork.
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December 20, 2019
Job Options for Seniors
Job Options for Seniors Who Still Want to Enjoy Retirement
Not every senior enjoys having unlimited free time when entering into retirement age. In fact, nearly 20 percent of those 65 and older were participating in the workforce during the second quarter of 2017. The stereotype that all older individuals revel in retirement isn’t something that statistics seem to reaffirm.
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November 3, 2019
Labour Shortages In Landscaping
Addressing the shortage of landscaping workers
In recent years, we’ve heard a lot about labour shortages across the construction industry. There have been several initiatives put in place to encourage more workers to join the construction workforce, and while these are now bearing fruit, unfortunately there has been a negative knock-on impact on the landscaping sector.
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July 3, 2019
Find Workers
The Easiest Ways to Find Workers
If you’re running a business and need to find workers for short-term work, Grafter is exactly what you need. Temporary workers make it easy to complete one-off projects. Or quickly find a replacement for an employee who has left. Once your need for them has ended, there’s no need for piles of paperwork. Or the expense of laying someone off.
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March 26, 2019