In your experience, what are the best ways to find good staff?

Question

Also, what have been your experiences in the different methods of finding new staff?

Answer 1

When you advertise for new staff, include every trait you want in a great employee. Make it very clear that you are looking for A+ employees including, responsibility, honesty, great punctuality, team player, efficient, reliable, etc. etc. include any other traits you desire. When people read your ads, they will know that you are expecting greatness and those that feel they qualify, will apply - of course, you will also get some that don't, but when people know from the get go what you expect in an employee, that is what you will get. Good Luck!

Answer 2

In My Own Opinion, The Best Way To Find Good Staff Is To Advertise Clearly What It Is You Are Looking For And If You Don't Have Staff In Human Resources Able To Interview Then Employ An Agency To Carry Out Interviewing.
If One Of Your Requirements Is Good Communication Skills And Excellent Spoken English Then Be Sure That Is What You Get Whether You Interview Or Have Someone Else Do It For You.
I Find If You Are Looking For Part Time Workers In Any Field, Students And In Particular Medical Students Are Among the Most Reliable And Conscientious.
Above All Set Your Sights High And Never Be Tempted To Lower Them, I Guarantee You Won't Be Disappointed With The Results!

Answer 3

I'm not in the recruiting industry, but in the background screening industry.

I think the best place to start for any HR person is to read the book 'Good To Great' by Jim Collins. Basically its a book about the Fortune 500 companies and the difference in their success in comparison to a relative company who did not succeed. The findings? STAFF...but not just ANY staff...the Fortune 500 companies chose the RIGHT staff through a process of reshuffling current staff and being fairly ruthless with staff that just didn't work out.

One of the major downfalls with companies is that they are complacent when it comes to keeping poor staff or good staff in the wrong positions.

The advantage of putting the right staff in the rigth position in the company is that it doesn't matter what direction or where the company goes, a staff member in the right position will stick with the company.

REFERENCE CHECKING is by far the most important aspect of placing staff...don't give someone a permanent contract until they have been screened. I can't tell you how many times I've screened someone who has fabricated their resume and referees in order to get work. People like this are an adverse risk to any company.

Answer 4

The best way to find good staff is during the interview when you get a chance to really see how they will react. When placing an ad give the qualification you are seeking for the most. Call their last / present employer and see what type of employee they were/are. Give them a list of the required job duties and see if they have a question about the duties. If they are unable or haven't a clue about performing these job duties then just thank them for their time and move to the next interviewee. I see alot of people get jobs because of family, friends even the boss, and it's very difficult to work with them, when you know that don't they have a clue about what's going on. Ask more in depth detail about the particular job you want filled. Give them a quiz and if they can pass, then they can be consider for a second interview. Good luck...

Answer 5

If you offer the best, and flexible, working conditions, you will find the best, most dedicated and most loyal staff. There are many great employees out there that can't find work because of unsuitable hours, for example.
Depending on what you are looking for, keep the initial selection criteria fairly simple. Ask questions during the interview process instead.. it shows whether a person can think on their feet, communicate effectively and deal with stressful situations. Trust your gut instinct, don't be afraid to give someone a go and never underestimate the strength and reliability of older, experienced workers. Remember that written work applications alone are never a good indicator of performance, all they proof is the person's literacy skills. All information within them can be invented and backed up to some degree.. only a skilled interview will show the true skills of a worker and their attitude towards work. A casual conversation and a few odd questions will soon show an applicant's true personality.

Answer 6

First off, you should form a special recruitment group of people, who don't necessarily have to be members of the same company. This allows for varying degrees of experience & fresh ideas, as well as an "outsiders" viewpoint.

Decide on what qualities you want in a staff person. I think it's really important to make sure the essential & desirable criteria are clear and precise.

Having a vague advertisement might save you money & will pull in lots of applicants, but then you're stuck weeding out the better applicants, which is time consuming & unnecessary.

Always advertise through various media. Although the internet is cheap, some people still prefer the good old fashioned newspaper, or may not have access to a computer.

Even stick up an ad on the local supermarket noticeboard - you'll be surprised where the best staff come from!

Answer 7

The value of apprenticeships and traineeships is greatly overlooked in Australian workplaces, and not even considered by anyone over teen age looking for work. This is believed to be because employers do not care about their employees, and employees do not feel valued and appreciated.
In the workplace, loyalty is represented by employers as intrinsically important, yet no loyalty is awarded by the employer to the employee in return, in some cases ever. This is the reason that workplaces have such a high turnover rate of human resources. Profits have superseeded the value of common sense, compassion, a sense of workplace relations and honourable justice. The voice of the great corporation booms down on the people that constitute the corporation, muffling out individual voices and stifling their ability to hear each other and rally together for positive lasting change.
The same thing has been well and truly underway for a long time regarding the environment, which in the eyes of the corporation has no monetary value. Well now we have a global climate crisis to bring environmental issues to the table of every corporation, and soon there will be a change in the political climate of Australia to bring back employee rights in the work place and a decent employer/employee relationship for every Australian.

PLEASE RESPECT OUR ONLY HOME!!

Answer 8

I have found that those who want to work will come dressed
appropriately. However for those who are just doing it to get the numbers up on a piece of paper to receive the dole, flagrantly dress down drastically.
I have interviewed so many both male and female and I have to say in all my years of working in the trade and behind a desk, I have never seen such deplorable acts of disrespect for the way some act when been interviewed.

We have forms in which all must fill out and sign.
Literally three quarters could neither spell or write.
Simple questions and answers were dreadful and math
was worse.
I don't know what they are teaching in the schools these days
but it cannot be adequate.
I find calculators and computers are the root of all evil as they
don't give the student the opportunity to use there own brain.
.they need to think more for themselves instead they have a computer do the thinking for them.(WRRRRROOOONNNGG)

We take on Trainees for both Tradespersons and clerical.
However I have stopped taking on people from the city.
I now write to private and some public schools for those who are looking for careers in certain areas. Those who are in the final year.
I also look further afield, Country children who are better mannered and caring of others apart from themselves.
City folk and there siblings have alot to learn from there
counterparts Believe me.
I have found young chaps who are willing to learn and grasp
whats in front of them are more prepared to work hard and
we pay over the award to those who are willing to learn.
That also i might add includes the female race.

Give me country any day and I'll show you a 5 star Apprentice
with fantastic manners and can spell as well as write.

Answer 9

I've just spent time looking for work and am coming from the side of what will attract good staff.

1. Be clear in what you want and communicate this to the client. Provide clear, answerable key selection criteria and a concise but adequately detailed position description. If you're KSC use fluffy language or don't seem related to the position description I probably won't apply as there are other positions out there. Similarly, if you are vague in the interview, I am not going to be impressed...Have you really thought why you need me? Will I be a valued staff member? Are you hiding something? Again there are plenty of other jobs competing for me.

2. More of the same but please let me know who I will be working for. "$$$$$ CBD location great hours IT/Engineering/big company etc" may get some people interested but I suspect it isn't going to appeal to the staff you really want, who are prepared to put themselves into the job and are motivated by more than $$$$$ and a view from a high rise. If you tell me the company I have the opportunity to research the company, industry and position and if I don't, it will be obvious in the interview that I couldn't be bothered.

2. Very militant, I know, but what can you offer me? You want me to work and will only employ me if you think I am the most suitable candidate but how will you reward me for choosing you over another company. Will you provide career related training and/or the opportunity to be involved in diverse and interesting projects? Will I have the opportunity to bring my personal skills and interests to the company? Do you provide flexibility for me to pursue my career through training or other means?

3. Definitely check references and speak to past employers or team colleagues. I believe you can learn a lot about how people will perform/relate in the workplace from checking how they did in previous workplaces. There are a lot of reasons why someone may not reveal thier potential in an interview or group session that might take two hours.

4. From work on teams in previous jobs I know that you need a mix of people. Not everyone is going to show great leadership or networking skills. If you had a team made purely of these people I'd suggest it was dysfunctional. Consider strategic thinkers, researchers, deconstructors, do-ers, motivators, nurturers, warriors, etc as neccessary parts of a team and seek these skills among your applicants.

Answer 10

Sometimes, to find people with the right skills for your business you need to think about what your potential employees will be looking for in a job. Money isn't always the main motivator for workers, Outlines the ways an employee can motivate staff to improve performance and productivity including: staff incentives, appraisals, share schemes, work/life balance, controlling staff turnover and keeping staff informed, so i think its not hard to find good staff who is suitable for ur business, the management will make the staff better ever, good luck