We have been trying unsuccessfully to recruit beauty therapists for the past 3 months. Tried all the usual routes which worked before. Wondering if Brexit has anything to do it as we also see a lot of other ads for therapists who are getting even lessor views than our ad. We need someone experienced and NVQ 3/4 and so schools are not an option. Our terms are generous and we are in a great location.
I finally got fed up and decided to use a well known and very expensive beauty recruiter. She has since presented us with 3 wonderful candidates. We have offered a position to one and have decided we will go ahead with another. So I'm taking 2 of the 3 that she sent our way. And even created a new role for one of them as we were only looking for one initially. This is London fyi.
My question is... what did we miss? Is this how others get their staff? Its working out to be 1k per therapist as a finders fee. That's expensive. But I'm happy to accept it if this is the way forward. Of course I've no idea if they're the right fit and if they will stay but 3 months of nearly nobody responding to adverts, plenty of no-shows and the one that we did offer a job to received job offers from every interview she attended... I'm wondering if its us or if something has fundamentally changed or if its our inexperience in recruiting. Any thoughts?
I finally got fed up and decided to use a well known and very expensive beauty recruiter. She has since presented us with 3 wonderful candidates. We have offered a position to one and have decided we will go ahead with another. So I'm taking 2 of the 3 that she sent our way. And even created a new role for one of them as we were only looking for one initially. This is London fyi.
My question is... what did we miss? Is this how others get their staff? Its working out to be 1k per therapist as a finders fee. That's expensive. But I'm happy to accept it if this is the way forward. Of course I've no idea if they're the right fit and if they will stay but 3 months of nearly nobody responding to adverts, plenty of no-shows and the one that we did offer a job to received job offers from every interview she attended... I'm wondering if its us or if something has fundamentally changed or if its our inexperience in recruiting. Any thoughts?