Event staffing solutions for your next event

The live events and hospitality industries continue to grapple with staffing challenges, even as the overall job market stabilizes. Demand for flexible event labor is rising, driven by larger and more complex events, changing worker expectations and technology-enabled staffing strategies that prioritize match quality and workforce agility.

If your venue is experiencing staffing challenges, here are the three major benefits of getting on demand staffing support from PeopleReady.

The new challenges facing event staffing

The labor shortage in hospitality and event staffing continues to shape how events are run today. Even as demand for live experiences has rebounded to near pre-pandemic levels, there often simply aren’t enough workers returning to meet that demand. New factors impacting event staffing include:

• Fewer experienced workers available overall: Many seasoned crew members and hospitality staff left the industry permanently after the pandemic and haven’t returned, leaving gaps in many frontline service roles and hospitality positions.
• A new market: Wage pressures and competition from other sectors have made hospitality and event work harder to staff without flexible, on-demand solutions; some events have had to offer significantly higher pay, bonuses or incentives just to fill essential roles.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. PeopleReady can offer consistent on-demand staffing support to fill gaps with qualified workers.

Fill gaps fast with cutting edge tools

Today’s staffing isn’t just fast, it’s intelligent. PeopleReady combines technology like the JobStack app with the expertise of our local teams, so you can quickly fill last-minute needs with workers who fit the specific event role and schedule.

Connect with workers who have the right skills and experience

Many hospitality workers have switched careers in recent years. As a result, companies can’t necessarily rely on their typical pool of workers.

What PeopleReady offers you is the ability to find workers with the necessary skills, experience and work ethic. Our staffing experts have extensive industry experience and know how to find workers that meet your requirements. We identify candidates through an extensive interview process including competency assessments and background checks.

Scale your workforce according to your needs

Workforce fluctuations are less random and more predictable with better data. PeopleReady helps you plan for staffing surges based on real-time demand signals and historical trends. This approach can reduce over-staffing and last-minute gaps.

It also provides the opportunity to scale your workforce depending on daily or weekly needs. For example, see how we helped an event management company get access to workers across a variety of venues.

Get 24/7 access to events staff today with PeopleReady

During a labor shortage, partnering with a staffing agency can mean the difference between a successful event and having to reschedule or provide inferior service because of staffing shortages. If your event or venue is struggling with a staffing shortage, hospitality staffing agencies can help you staff your upcoming events.

PeopleReady has nearly 35 years of experience in staffing and the benefit of our staffing app, JobStack, which connects employers with active job seekers and fills a job every 11 seconds. Roles we fill include:

• Concession workers
• Food servers
• Bartenders
• Ticket takers
• Cleaning crew members
• Ushers
• And more!