Hiring Seasonal Staff for Your Hotel or Campsite: Filling Your Team for Every Peak Season
A restaurant hires a new person here and there, all year round. A hotel or campsite works very differently: in a matter of weeks, the team grows from a small core group to sometimes double its usual size, only to shrink again once the peak season ends. Trying to fill that cycle, season after season, with the same careers page you use for permanent staff means you’re always playing catch-up.
Why seasonal hiring needs a different approach
Seasonal workers ask different questions than candidates for a permanent job. They want to know how long the contract runs, whether staff housing is available on or near the campsite, and whether they can apply together with friends. A job ad that mostly talks about long-term growth opportunities doesn’t speak to that at all.
Start well before the season begins
The strongest candidates for a summer season are often already looking around in February and March, not in May. Just like with seasonal content you prepare well in advance, a seasonal vacancy works best when it goes online months before the season starts, with a clear start date attached.
One overview page for all seasonal roles
A permanent role deserves its own page, built around the structure of a convincing careers page. For seasonal work, it usually works better to create a single overview page listing all the seasonal roles side by side: service staff, housekeeping, reception, activities. Candidates compare roles anyway, and one page with clear blocks per role saves them from hunting through separate listings.
Answer the practical questions right away
- Housing: is staff accommodation available on or near the hotel or campsite, and under what conditions?
- Period: an exact start and end date, so a candidate who also wants to travel or study knows immediately whether it fits.
- Language: hiring international seasonal staff too? Make sure the key information is also available in other languages.
- Applying together: mention whether friends or couples can apply together, something many seasonal workers specifically look for.
Make your seasonal vacancies findable too
Just like with a permanent vacancy: without the right structure, Google doesn’t recognise a seasonal vacancy as a job posting at all. Make sure your seasonal roles have JobPosting schema as well, with an end date that matches the end of the season, so the listing doesn’t keep floating around for months after the spots are filled.
How to approach it
- Publish an overview page with all seasonal roles a few months before peak season at the latest.
- List the exact period, hours and any housing for each role.
- Mention whether applying together (friends, couples) is possible.
- Offer the key information in other languages if you hire international staff.
- Add JobPosting schema with an end date that matches the end of the season.
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This article is part of the complete guide to your hotel or campsite website.
