How do you recruit for jobs that used to be in the Jobcentre

[Aprisa]

We are trying to find a driver for local deliveries.

In the past we have kept drivers for many years but when we needed one we advertised in the Job Centre and they sent out potential people.

Now that they have all closed, what do you use to recruit that doesn't cost a huge percentage?

[MustangGT]

Indeed seems to be a good platform for this.

[Ussrcossack]

We have a "skills House" to does this type of recruitment

Not sure if they are national but run by local council

[TheHeadhunter]

Aprisa said:

We are trying to find a driver for local deliveries.

In the past we have kept drivers for many years but when we needed one we advertised in the Job Centre and they sent out potential people.

Now that they have all closed, what do you use to recruit that doesn't cost a huge percentage?

If you don't want to pay an agency, then it's paying for online advertising and managing the response yourself. Or word of mouth via existing drivers? (assuming they like working for you....!)

[spikeyhead]

There's loads of that sort of job on Gumtree

[Jazoli]

Also local Facebook groups can be good, I’ve had a few staff that way.

[Countdown]

JobCentrePlus have twitter accounts that are free to use.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-reg...

[StevieBee]

Indeed is the go-to for this type of work - but you get an enormous amount of applications even when using their Ai filter thing. We had 260 applicants for 5 positions a few months back, most of which were entirely unsuitable so a lot of time wasted sifting through everything.

[TheHeadhunter]

StevieBee said:

Indeed is the go-to for this type of work - but you get an enormous amount of applications even when using their Ai filter thing. We had 260 applicants for 5 positions a few months back, most of which were entirely unsuitable so a lot of time wasted sifting through everything.

It's the fault of 'Easy Apply'. But most platforms are the same. My day job uses advertising for perhaps a quarter of my mandates. I'll get at least 500 applications for any role advertised, often well over 1,000. Mostly from people who are utterly unsuitable, but when pushed, they'll admit they just used Easy Apply to apply for anything that had any potential relevance, applying for dozens with one click.

Luckily, my market is well above the reaches of Indeed, but we did use them to find carers for my in-laws recently. I took it down after 36 hours, partly because they'd charged me for 4 days in less than 36 hours live, but also because I'd had over 60 applications, of which the first 30 lived over an hour away, and most didn't have the basic ability to perform the job from either an hours/availability or experience perspective.

But some people will do anything to avoid paying a high street agency a 10/12% fee!

[xx99xx]

Personally I'd avoid agencies. Massive waste of time as evidenced above.

Use social media, your own 'ads' linking to your own website. Tends to narrow the field down to what you want

Recruitment agencies are a massive waste of time. Did I say that already?!

[hidetheelephants]

Countdown said:

JobCentrePlus have twitter accounts that are free to use.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-reg...

Or use the job centre's own job advertising service which is also free and perhaps of more use unless twitter loon is a role the OP is recruiting for.

[aterribleusername]

Almost any driving job that's semi-decent is recruited via dedicated driver agencies now. They will have a few drivers on the hood who are looking for permanent work as well as ones who are happy to do 2-3 days a week and keep their flexibility. My last two jobs have come from using that route and I've had multiple other offers too, the employers can basically wait for a good driver to come along and just grab them. For my lost two employers it was the only way they recruited as it took all the risk out of interviewing the dozens of applicants per position then risking having someone who presented well but couldn't actually do the job properly.