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numerous ways in which you can find employees to fill your job
vacancy. However, if you use
the wrong type of media, you can end up spending a lot of time
re-advertising, re-interviewing or employing the wrong
person. This wastes business time and money. Below are a
number of tips you should consider when deciding on the best
method of recruitment advertising for your business.
Recruitment Agencies
These companies specialise wholly in recruitment and generally
keep a up-to-date database of experience potential
employees. They take the time out of advertising,
interviewing and selecting candidates, and can hand you a
ready-made employee to fit your job
specification. They offer part and full-time
candidates. If a specialist candidates is required, a job
agency has the expertise to attract the right person; many also
agencies specialise in the candidates they attract e.g.
accountancy, haulage. Agencies take the worry out of the
employment headache, and for the small business this can save a
lot of time.
Unfortunately, they are unable to gauge
the exact needs of each individual company. As the agency
interviews all candidates, they cannot detect subtle personality requirements
which would help the candidate settle in. If the candidate
is found to be unsuitable, this means more lost time.
Finally, agencies also charge a fee, so if you are going to use an
agency, check their fees as they could prove quite expensive.
Job Centre
Many Job Centres offer
recruitment services for companies who use them to recruit.
For example, many will offer a room to interview potential
candidates; others will help to draw up a short list based on your
job specification. Above all, this service is free. Needless
to say, this will save a small business quite a lot of time and
money when recruiting.
However, many of the candidates
may have been unemployed for some time and this would mean that
their skills may now be outdated.
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Newspaper or Specialist Magazine
This is an effective method as it reaches a large audience in a short
space of time, often resulting in a significant amount of interest. You
can also target an area or specialist profession as there are a multitude
of magazines and newspapers on offer to choose from. However, you
may find that the more specialised or selective you become, the more you
have to pay to the advertisement, so it can work out quite
expensive. Additionally, if you want to attract the right candidate,
you need to have some publishing skills to produce an attractive advertisement.
You can of course use a specialist publishing company to design the right
ad, but this will again cost you money.
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Asking people you know or taking on
family members
If you really are on a type
budget, you may consider asking around. Asking
people you trust or people who may be in the same trade as your
self. This obviously takes the cost element out of the process,
however, it may cause a lot of upset or embarrassment should you have to
dismiss. Secondly, you may find it extremely uncomfortably to delegate
tasks or discipline the new employee, particularly if you have decided to
take on a member of your family no matter how distant they are!
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