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Scaling Without Burnout: How HR and Operations Leaders Navigate Retail Peak Trading Surges

Preparing your stores for peak trading surges? Discover how HR and Retail Operations leaders secure high-quality temporary retail staff.

February Feature Drop

We have two exciting features aimed at making it easier to get the same Sidekick back again and tightening up our matching engine.

January Feature Drop

At Sidekicker we're on a mission to create a better way for temporary and casual staffing. Here's what we've improved on the platform this month.

Introducing MAP

One of the biggest things we heard from our customers is that they want consistent workflows when hiring agency staff. Introducing MAP.

On-demand staffing platforms compared to traditional staffing agencies

On-demand staffing platforms provide several advantages over traditional staffing agencies, catering to modern workforce demands. Here are the top five.

5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Your Hospitality Temps

We employ one of ANZ’s largest casual hospitality workforces (or Sidekicks, as we call them), so we know a few things about your temps that may surprise you.

5 Unique Ways To Motivate Your Bar And Wait Staff

After running Australia's largest ever casual workforce survey, we found temp staff aren't motivated the way full-time staff are. Five ways to fix that.

How To Make Sure You’re Properly Staffed In The New Year

At this time of year it’s really easy to focus on just getting through Christmas. When you fall into this trap, you forget to plan for the new year.

How Seasonal Businesses Can Tackle Casual Employee Turnover

The hospitality industry employs over 1.4 million workers in Australia, with a skills shortage predicted. How seasonal businesses tackle casual turnover.

NZ businesses requesting more shifts than their Australian counterparts

Overall we saw a 20% YoY decline in shifts per business with Hospitality (-36% YoY) and Aged Care (-66% YoY) being the most impacted.