Best hiring procedures and HR practices for moving companies

When it comes to hiring people to work for your moving company, hiring them is just the beginning of the HR process.

With MoveCo BMS, you can help take a lot of the pressure off of the hiring procedures, as well as all of your HR practices in one easy and convenient place.

Managing your employees, hiring new ones, and even scheduling all of your workers is easy when you use MoveCo BMS. With this moving company software, you will be able to easily and quickly manage all of your current employees’ availabilities, as well as more HR-orientated materials like performance reviews, and schedules. With all of this information in one easy-to-read place, you will never be caught short-handed, or overstaffed for a job again.

Improving your hiring procedures

One of the number one things to do when hiring for your moving company is look ahead. While this may sound like an easy or obvious step, its importance cannot be overstated. When you hire a new employee, they need to be seen as a long-term option for your company, and an investment in your own moving company’s future.

Using your MoveCo BMS moving company software you will be able to see the holes that need to be filled, and what kind of worker you need to improve your workflow or efficiency. With this information in hand, you can better craft a job description that is future-oriented that will entice the correct workers to apply.

Making sure you have the right people with the right attitude applying for the job is the best way to make sure that you make the correct hiring decision later down the road.

Make it simple from step one

The best way to make sure you have the right person for the job is to make sure you have right job description out there from the beginning. This simple step is one of the best ways of making sure the person you hire is coming in with the right mindset to fit in and help get the work that needs to be finished done.

There are some HR strategies that suggest you plainly layout everything you will want to new hire to be responsible for instead of simply throwing a title out in hopes people apply for it know what will be asked of them.

MoveCo BMS allows you to keep track of all of your employees availability, schedule, and performance, as well as the availability and performance of all of your moving trucks or vans. With all of this information, you will be able to see exactly where a new hire is needed, and what will be required of them, making creating a detailed job description a breeze.

On-boarding is important for moving companies

While it may sound like tech-jargon, or simply just a buzz word, on-boarding of new employees is important, especially when it comes to moving companies.

On-boarding is the process of making sure that a new employee is quickly brought up to speed, so that they can become a productive and contributing member of the team in a timely manner.

When it comes to creating and maintaining the culture and work ethic of your moving company, HR on-boarding is one of the best practices your company can adopt.

It not only allows you to maintain your desired level of professional manners, but it means you can rest easy knowing that any newly hired mover is going out into the field knowing exactly what is expected of them. Knowing your employees know what kind of professional conduct is expected from them is key to having peace of mind during the working day, and not just waiting for the call or email saying the new person messed up.