Seasonal Workforce Planning: How to Staff Peak Before the Rush Hits

Peak season is predictable, the date, the volume, the labor it demands. Yet most warehouses treat seasonal staffing as an emergency every year: scrambling for bodies in October, overpaying for last-minute labor, training people the week volume lands. Planning ahead turns that fire drill into an advantage. Here’s how to forecast, source, and staff peak, then scale back down cleanly.