Help me recruit a weekend+evening taxi driver

[Tyre Smoke]

Okay, here's the deal. I need a driver to work weekends (Friday night, Saturday afternoon/night and Sunday if they wish) and evenings (again if they wish). The job pays 40% of what they take which is realistically between £250 and £350 to them for a Friday and Saturday. I supply a car, fuel, mobile phone all paid for (comes out of my 60% of the take). They need a hackney drivers badge which costs about £200. I am prepared to pay for this and reclaim the money on a weekly basis if it suits. Alternatively if the candidate has been out of work for 6 months or more, Alistair Darling will pay for the badge, providing they stay for six months.

Now, I have notices in the back of my cars, an advert with the job centre. What else can I do? The local paper want upwards of £400 for a very small advert for one week - and in the past this has been pretty crap in the level of replies. I don't mind spending the £400, if I get a decent response.

Now, before you all go 'you aren't paying enough' it is really down to the individual how much or little they want to earn and this is the industry accepted standard pretty much nationwide (60/40). However, I don't charge a rent for the car as some do, I fully maintain, insure, tax, and fuel it. The driver gets 40% for, well, just driving it.

What else should I be doing?

[R1chy11]

as a part time student I would snap that job up if it was in Leicester, Surely internet is the best bet though. long shot but taxi forum maybe (if they exist). Good luck anyway.

[AndyAudi]

When we were recruiting truck drivers, the best results came from advertising on local radio which was cheaper that the local paper.

[grim_d]

I don't think theres anything wrong with the wages, used to earn that for 40 hrs a week. 250 for 2 nights works seems good to me.

Try sticking an ad on your local gumtree?

[Tyre Smoke]

AndyAudi said:

When we were recruiting truck drivers, the best results came from advertising on local radio which was cheaper that the local paper.

Trouble with this is we are in between two local stations, both 20 miles away from us.

[john_p]

My uncle might live in Herts but that doesn't stop him being a taxi driver in central London