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Originally Posted by sandim
Ok, past 2 years we put ads in the paper for experienced or willing to train right person. I'm all about giving someone a chance at a new career and when everyone wants experience, how does a newbie get it? I also find sometimes it's easier to train...than to re-train.
So far we've had about the world's worst employees. Maybe we're just picking the wrong ones?
We're considering this year hiring experienced only. How does anyone else feel about this?
It's just time for one decent employee. I'd be happy with just one!
Sandi
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"paper", what do you expect? You can state experienced all you want, but your opinion of what defines experienced and what a job candidate defines it as are probably going to display two different things. I have, and still do place advertisements in the newspaper, but I don't expect much more then labor type of positions to be filled from those ads. It is tough, but if you want experienced staff, you are going to have to hunt them down yourself. I don't have the magic answer in finding key personnel, but I will tell you that the guys I have in key roles were not from the newspaper. Most of our key guys came from referrals, networking, and them hunting us down.
I would put the word out to your suppliers, trade schools, and local colleges and see what you can drum up. One of our biggest sources was our employees. We started giving out referral bonuses to any HIRED employee referred by our guys.
You also mentioned that you have had a run of "bad" employees. In this bus., you are always going to have this. The key is to learn from our hiring mistakes and watch for the red flags when you go to interview the next candidate.
One of my business mentor's always tells me to fire fast and hire slow! Take your time in hiring the right guy, but if you make a mistake, cut the line fast or he will drag everyone around him down!