Harder to Recruit in Recession
I recruited 2 new members to our Customer Services Team late last year and was amazed at just how difficult it was to attract decent candidates. Thankfully, we met Vicky and Sarah who are now completing their training and are already an asset to the team.
At Office Response we subscribe directly to the main job advertisement and CV posting websites, use specialist job sites such as Graduate South West and liaise with local employment agencies. We find this gives us a broader spectrum of candidates rather than using recruitment agencies and has worked very well in the past. However, after 2 weeks of advertising the amount (and quality) of applications was very poor. I found myself saying “Is there anybody out there looking for a job?”. Should we change our recruitment procedures?
Has anybody else experienced this or is it only me?
by Steve West
Marketing & Business Development Manager