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July Feature Drop

With our updated fixed term jobs feature, you can easily request, hire and maintain your fixed term or ongoing staff on the Sidekicker platform.

How Seasonal Businesses Can Tackle Casual Employee Turnover

The hospitality industry employs over 1.4 million workers in Australia accounting for 7.2% of the total Australian workforce. Growth in the sector shows no signs of slowing down, with a skills shortage predicted of 123,000 workers.

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. Victoria saw the biggest YoY decline in shifts per business down 31% YoY.

Businesses are hiring less casuals and receiving more applications

Businesses continue to hire less casuals than they were this time last year with the average business posting 9% less shifts YoY.

3 reasons to hire a casual workforce

As a growing business, you find the workload building up. You need extra staff quickly but are unsure how to find them. Casual labour-hire allows you to remain flexible and adjust worker levels to match workflow.

Labour shortages continue to ease

April saw a 15% MoM decline in number of shifts per business driven by a high number of public holidays and the beginning of a seasonal slowdown as most of Australia enters the winter months.

How we make workforce builds work for you

We believe technology can change the way businesses hire and manage a casual workforce of any size. This doesn’t mean replacing humans with automation or cutting corners on things that will always need time and attention–it means finding better ways to do things.

Workforce reporting: empowering businesses with the data they need

Traditionally, when businesses have engaged third parties to manage their flexible workforce, it has meant limited visibility over vital information such as cost, worker reliability, retention and fill rates–making it difficult to measure and improve performance.

The Ultimate Guide to Using Talent Pools

Sidekicker’s Talent Pool feature has helped some businesses eliminate the challenges of seasonality and increase their repeat staff per shift by up to 60%.

Is Absenteeism An Employee Issue Or A Cultural One?

Each year businesses lose over $3,600 per employee to absence. Whether it comes down to the flu, lunch breaks that are just that bit too long, or the time honoured tradition of “chucking a sickie to go to the tennis” absenteeism adds up