Title: How to Handle the Workload With a Short-handed Staff | Career Trend
Headings: How to Handle the Workload With a Short-handed Staff
How to Handle the Workload With a Short-handed Staff
First Things First
Work as a Team
Be a Squeaky Wheel
Dig Into the Past

Content: How to Handle the Workload With a Short-handed Staff | Career Trend
Klaus Vedfelt/Taxi/GettyImages
How to Handle the Workload With a Short-handed Staff
Gina Scott
Updated December 27, 2018
Share It
Share
Tweet
Post
Email
Print
Growth Trends for Related Jobs
Buyers and ... $60,390/year /> 2012-2016 +0.7%
Insulation Workers $40,350/year /> 2012-2016 +6.8%
Home •
Get Ahead •
Managing the Office
Issues around the lack of adequate staffing plague many industries. Unpredictable workloads cause organizations to become short-handed, even when they're willing to hire more employees. Networking and strategic planning are involved in implementing strategies for handling workloads during the periods where companies are understaffed. Chronic understaffing causes considerable stress for staff members, which further decreases production. Therefore, it is most advantageous for a company to meet this problem head-on. First Things First
When there is more work than staff members, it is important to prioritize. Inevitably some work does not get completed in times like these and it's vital to know what duties to let slide. Where customers are involved, their issues must be addressed first. Meeting customers' needs may mean paperwork slips to the next day or returned phone calls are delayed. While perhaps not the best way to do business, in the short term it is one way to handle not having enough staff members.