Farm Labor Contractors
- Bright Outlook
- Rapid Growth
Recruit and hire seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.
What you’d do
- Pay wages of contracted farm laborers.
- Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers.
- Recruit and hire agricultural workers.
- Supervise the work of contracted employees.
- Employ foremen to deal directly with workers when recruiting, hiring, instructing, assigning tasks, and enforcing work rules.
- Furnish tools for employee use.
- Direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites.
Skills that matter
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Coordination
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
How to get there
Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one
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