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Markets are in turmoil. What if you could see —and control— your labor costs in real time?

Tech
Byron Watson
By Byron Watson
2 min. read

With Job&Talent Business, you can now see your labor costs day by day in real time. And soon, you’ll be able to break it down even further—by the shift, by the worker, by the hour.

Because when you have this level of clarity, you don’t need more people. You just need more control over how your workforce is planned, scheduled, and used.


Why cost control matters now more than ever

Recent headlines from CNBC, Reuters, and CNN show how tariffs, trade tensions, and supply chain shocks are impacting operating costs. Businesses that rely on temporary or shift-based labor are particularly exposed.

And yet, very few have any real visibility into where those labor costs are going—let alone how to control them.

How we calculate your costs in real time

Here’s how we do it. We take your shift planning data and real time clocking data, and apply them to the hourly rates for each role or worker.

That means every confirmed hour worked gets tracked and costed in real time—showing you actual spend, not just projected.

You get:

  • Total cost per hour, shift, person, day, week and month in real time

  • Breakdowns by cost type (regular, overtime, holiday, night)

  • Early visibility of cost spikes and overruns

What’s live now — and what’s coming next

Today, you can track daily workforce costs across your sites. Shortly, you’ll be able to drill deeper—by shift, worker, and even hour. 

This isn’t just dashboard data. It’s operational intelligence—designed to help teams in logistics, manufacturing, food production and more take control in uncertain times.

And unlike others in the market, we’re not just surfacing this data—we’re building AI around it, so you can proactively plan, act, and optimize continuously.

A new level of workforce management

You cannot afford not to understand your costs. And this cost feature comes as a standard feature of our Job&Talent Business. 

With full visibility over where your costs are going, you can:

  • Stop unnecessary overtime before it happens

  • Spot attendance issues that drive up spend

  • Reallocate hours where they’ll have more impact

  • Make confident planning decisions weeks in advance

Ultimately, with Job&Talent Business, you can reduce your hiring budget, saving you millions.

Next level costs intelligence 

As part of our broader investment in visibility, the hours insights section gives powerful breakdowns of hours worked across your workforce.

It’s where operational teams can see:

  • Trends in hour types

  • Total usage by site or department

  • Where spikes in time and cost are coming from

This is just the beginning. We're building the industry's most actionable, real-time view of temp workforce costs—because no one else is doing it.

Call to action

What would your team do with this kind of visibility? Book a demo with Job&Talent Business and start managing your workforce with confidence and control—no matter what the market throws at you.

About Job&Talent

Job&Talent is a world-leading, AI-powered workforce platform for essential industries. We help companies boost productivity and efficiency at scale, while providing workers with the opportunities and tools they need to thrive. Our mission is simple: to empower the people who make the world go round. Built on deep industry expertise, cutting-edge technology, and smart AI agents, our end-to-end platform covers the entire workforce lifecycle — from recruitment and planning to time and attendance, performance, cost management, and communication. It delivers measurable improvements in the areas that matter most: fulfilment, attendance, retention, and workforce quality. In 2024, Job&Talent placed over 300,000 workers across more than 3,250 companies in sectors such as logistics, manufacturing, and retail. Headquartered in Madrid, the company operates in 10 countries across Europe, the U.S., and Latin America.

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