Advertise your vacancy
There are many places that you can advertise a job vacancy, and you must decide where would be the best place in order to attract the right candidates that will be interested in the job and apply for the position. Much larger companies tend to go through specialist employment services companies such as recruitment agencies to find the right employee, but there are cheaper ways to fill a vacancy.
Putting a job vacancy in a newspaper is the most common way, and the cheapest way to find new staff. But this is not necessarily the best way to recruit. Newspapers in the local or regional area will be read by a certain type of person. If you are looking to recruit in a specific field or skill set you will be best advertising the vacancy in a specialist magazine or journal that will be read by the type of candidate you would like to attract. The cost of advertising in newspapers and magazines will depend on the size of the advert and the length of time that you would like the advert to run for. Another way to advertise which is similar to putting the vacancy in a newspaper is to use one of the many online job websites.
An employment service specialist like a Job Centre is always a good place to advertise a vacancy. If you let the job centre know a brief overview of the job description and the type of person you are looking for, they will be able to advertise the vacancy for you. They may even be able to hold the first interview for you to make sure you only get to see the people who are most suited to your company.
In competitive industries there are employment service companies who specialise in recruitment, such as recruitment agencies. These agencies will have a number of candidates on file that they will be able to fit to the role. They will also actively look for candidates that are looking for that type of work. One specialisation of a good employment services company is to know who is in the industry that will be perfect for your vacancy, and they will head hunt the candidate. Obviously they will charge for this service and it may even be a percentage of the first year’s earnings of the candidate but it will save you a lot of time and effort on the selection stages.
