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Holiday Help Tips
By businessbroad | November 18, 2007
Getting extra help for your store can be tough during the holidays. Big chains are often just as desperate, and many can offer benefits that most small stores could never compete with. That’s why you’ll have to get creative to get good holiday help. Here are some of the things that I’ve known to work.
-Interns - If there’s a college nearby, you can often get a local student to come help for the entire fall semester by promising to allow him or her to participate in some other aspect of the business in addition to the more menial tasks. Accounting students may be thrilled to help out with your bookkeeping data entry, and marketing students would probably love to help out with a holiday flyer or postcard.
-Mothers - If you are willing to be flexible and allow a young mother to bring a playpen and keep her child in your break room or another nearby area, it’s pretty easy to find someone to help you out. There’s not a Best Buy in the country that would offer that kind of perk.
-Retirees - Often, older women may be interested in getting out of the house for a while each day, but they don’t know where to begin. Ask around your church or at a local women’s group if you’re looking for their help.
-Be Friendly - Don’t play one single holiday CD on repeat. Don’t be a total stickler for uniformity and procedure. Embrace differences and encourage your help to be themselves (as much as is practical, of course).
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