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  During the Spring Festival, services, manufacturing and other industries experience seasonal labor shortages as employees return home. Some companies retain and recruit people by increasing wages, issuing red envelopes, gift packages, arranging compensatory leave, etc. to ensure the normal operation of production and life.

  "Completed ten days before the Spring Festival, the salary is 8,000 yuan." "The salary is 10,000 yuan. It is better to earn money on duty than to go home for the New Year." "Working during the winter vacation includes food and accommodation, not tiring work, and the price of multiple orders is high." "It can be paid in advance, and you can sleep in. No overtime”... Recently, these high-paying urgent recruitment information on recruitment platforms are quite tempting.

  As the Spring Festival approaches, which industries are most short of workers? How much money can I earn and what benefits are there if I stay at work or work short-term during the Spring Festival? Do these positions require high technical skills? Recently, reporters visited the labor market in Beijing to find out.

  Housekeeping and cleaning are hard to find, with a daily salary of up to 1,000 yuan

  As the Spring Festival approaches, there is a huge demand for workers in the housekeeping, catering and other industries, which have become the "main force" of recruitment.

  "On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, dust and sweep the house." Many families began to sweep dust and dirt to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and the housekeeping market also entered the "explosion" mode. Relevant platform data shows that in January, the demand for housekeeping and cleaning has doubled compared with the previous month, and the number of whole house cleaning orders has increased by 300%. The reporter saw on a certain life service platform that the appointment registrations of many domestic service companies showed that appointments were no longer available before the holiday.

  The surge in demand for housekeeping has doubled the daily wages of housekeeping cleaners. Aunt Zhang, a cleaning lady from Hubei, usually takes orders on social platforms and service platforms. Due to her quick work, she has accumulated a lot of customer resources. As the Spring Festival approaches, many old customers contact her to make appointments.

  "Since January, the orders have been full. The current order volume is more than twice the usual amount, and they are mainly large orders such as whole house cleaning, glass cleaning, and range hood cleaning. Two people can complete three to six orders per day on average. The daily salary is up to 1,000 yuan," Aunt Zhang revealed.

  As New Year's Eve approaches, bookings for New Year's Eve dinners are in full swing. Many restaurants in Beijing are fully booked, making it "hard to find a table." In order to cope with the staff shortage caused by employees returning home, many catering stores have increased their recruitment efforts to ensure normal operations before and after the Spring Festival.

  "It is expected that there will be a consumption peak during the Spring Festival." A staff member of a hot pot restaurant near Xizhimen, Beijing, told reporters, "We are making preparations and continue to recruit waiters and kitchen staff. The basic salary starts at 5,000 yuan, and commissions and bonuses are calculated separately. Coupled with the Spring Festival red envelope rewards, it should be no problem to earn more than 10,000 yuan."

  Mainly short-term and part-time employment, with low job thresholds

  The reporter noticed that in order to ensure employment during the Spring Festival, some recruitment platforms opened special recruitment sessions for short-term workers during the Spring Festival. In addition to housekeeping and catering, life service positions such as couriers, takeaway riders, hairstylists, movie theater ticket takers, supermarket salespeople, and milk tea shop waiters, as well as some general manufacturing positions, are heavily labor intensive. Recruitment is mainly based on part-time and short-term employment, and most of the recruitment positions do not require high technical skills.

  Recently, a number of express delivery companies have issued announcements to launch a "non-closing during the Spring Festival" service model. For delivery personnel who take orders during the Spring Festival, cash subsidies will be provided in the form of order rewards and other forms.

  "According to the company's system, in addition to three times the salary during the Spring Festival, there are also special rewards. The monthly income must be more than 10,000 yuan. At our site, about half and half of those who choose to go home during the New Year or stay on the job, and many people are willing to stay. "Master Shao, who delivers express delivery in Beitaipingzhuang Street, Haidian District, Beijing, said.

  The New Year is approaching. From home cleaning, personal beauty, hairdressing, and manicure "three-piece sets" to purchasing special New Year goods in advance and preparing sumptuous New Year's Eve dinners, pre-holiday consumption surges, resulting in a shortage of personnel in some industries.

  After cleaning up the house, you should also "clean up" yourself. At 22:00 on January 31, there were still customers queuing up at a barber shop in Haidian District, Beijing. “New Year’s Eve is our busiest time, and we close after 11 or 12 pm recently. Compared with daily life, customers’ requirements for New Year’s hairstyles Higher, I am more willing to do dyeing, perming, and changes." Hairstylist Lin Yan said, "Although it is a bit hard, the salary commission has increased, and there is a year-end bonus at the end of the year. Everyone is looking forward to it!"

  In addition, the Spring Festival is also the peak period for pet grooming and care. Pet care services are also very popular, and there is a shortage of employees. "Orders for holiday foster care services have been booked very early." Ms. Shen, the person in charge of a pet grooming shop in Xicheng District, Beijing, said, "Due to the recent rapid increase in pet care, we plan to mobilize all employees to provide services after the holiday." We arranged for compensation and time off. In addition, we also recruited several college students who live nearby and love animals to do winter vacation work and provide door-to-door feeding and companionship services."

  Take multiple measures to alleviate labor stress

  In order to ensure employment during the Spring Festival, some employers have gone to great lengths to retain and recruit people, increasing wages, giving red envelopes, gift packages, and arranging compensatory leave...

  "Years ago, everyone was preparing for the New Year, and we are currently at the peak of express delivery." Courier Li Shiyuan told reporters, "The site does not rest from the New Year's Eve to the third day of the first lunar month in principle, and the delivery fee for express shipments during this period will be increased. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, each of the delivery personnel left behind will also receive a New Year’s red envelope!”

  Wang Guihua, the person in charge of a housekeeping service company in Haidian District, Beijing, told reporters, "We have carried out statistics on the situation of housekeeping, nursing workers, and confinement sisters staying in Beijing during the Spring Festival very early. At present, the aunts who stay in Beijing are all agreed upon by customers early on. , after the Spring Festival, we will arrange for a rest and staggered return home according to personal circumstances."

  At the same time, relevant departments are taking multiple measures to stabilize employment and protect workers. Taking Beijing as an example, before and after the Spring Festival, Beijing organized nearly a thousand recruitment activities, and went deep into rural areas, communities, and enterprises to carry out condolences, blessings, folk performances and other activities to enrich the cultural life of the festival and ensure the safety of migrant workers during the Spring Festival. Return to hometown and work smoothly, stay in Beijing and work with warmth and peace of mind.

  In order to alleviate the labor shortage, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce recently issued a notice stating that it will continue to carry out the Spring Festival domestic service market guarantee operation from February 2 to 24, and will reward participating companies with a maximum reward of 500,000 yuan to ensure that domestic service personnel stay in Beijing and ensure supply. . The Beijing Housekeeping Service Association has also issued an initiative to domestic service companies, reminding customers to care about the mental state of domestic workers and try their best to retain domestic workers.

  "For those who stayed in Beijing to work during the Spring Festival, we invited their families to Beijing to spend the New Year together." Wang Guihua said, "The New Year's Eve dinner is also prepared, and the store will be closed early on New Year's Eve to give everyone a full sense of ritual and celebrate the New Year together. , wishing you a smooth new year!” (Worker Daily)