(Uk jobs online) Job Listings Are The Best Way To Find Employees
No commentsBy Jay Gaulard
Have you ever tried to hire employees without posting the job in the newspaper, on the door of your business, or on the Internet? Not doing so makes it difficult to find high quality employees. Not doing so also makes it difficult to fill a position that needs filling quickly.
Luckily, there are many different methods in which you can easily post a job. It may be sort of easy to send a classified ad to the local newspaper, but that is something that is slowly becoming obsolete. This is because the Internet has opened up a completely new doorway to how jobs are listed. With the invention of job listings on the Internet, less and less people actually frequent their newspapers when looking for jobs. They go to job seeker sites and look at the listings there. As a matter of fact, that is how a lot of people get their jobs nowadays.
The evolution of job listings
Let’s step back a bit and look at the days in which the newspaper was the only option. People would go through the lists of jobs and would circle what they thought they could do and would then call the number in the ad. This could be a frustrating process because it was time consuming.
All of a sudden, the Internet came to be and job listing sites were added to the Internet. It took a while for employers to catch on, especially since not all businesses had Internet access like most do today. Nowadays, a job comes open and the boss can go onto the Internet and list the job opening on a website within moments of the job coming open. In just a matter of minutes, hundreds of people can see that ad.
Being that hundreds of people see the ad in any given day, it can be difficult on the boss because he or she has to sift through all of those replies. There are resumes everywhere with qualified people busting at the seams. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing. This isn’t a bad thing because this means that there are plenty of qualified people to choose from. Eventually, the boss is able to find a qualified individual and the job is filled in no time.
Another thing that has happened with online job listings is that individuals are more able to find other jobs in other towns and recruiters can recruit from anywhere. It used to not be this easy. Back in the day, someone would have to call or they would have to hear it through the “grapevine” that a job was available with a company across the country. Now all it takes is a surf through a job listings site and jobs can be found on the other side of the world. It is utterly amazing and has done a lot for competition within businesses and even the economy. The best employees are placed within the best companies and some employees are even fought over because they are incredible workers. The Internet has helped revolutionize this.
How these sites work
As the employer, job listing sites makes your job easier. Basically, you just sign up for an account and you then follow the instructions to post an ad. It only takes a few minutes. You don’t have to worry about mailing off your ad and waiting for it to be in a newspaper. It will be live in no time after you have submitted. From there you don’t have to worry about anything other than reviewing the many resumes that come your way.
Job listings sites are easy to use. Basically, you fill out a form asking you what kind of job you’re looking for, where you want to work, and what kind of job title you want. This is the best way for you to target the kind of job you want instead of having to search through all sorts of listings. In the days of classifieds in newspapers, you had to read ads for jobs that you did not want. Nowadays you type in what you want and you’re taken right there.
Newspapers are good for the news
Newspapers are good for the news. Most individuals have the Internet now and, even if they don’t, they will make sure they find Internet access when they’re looking for a job. They know where to find the best jobs and that is on online job listings sites. They know that they aren’t going to find a high quality job in the newspaper anyway. It seems that most of the jobs listed in the newspaper classifieds are jobs regarding work-at-home opportunities that want you to pay some sort of fee. There are also job listings for truck drivers and individuals wishing to sell cosmetics. As for the other stuff, people turn to the Internet and that’s why you should make sure your job listings are listed there and nowhere else.
To maximize your chances to land a quality employee, you can list your job opening on multiple sites. No one ever said that you had to use just one. Multiple sites work out just fine. When the job is filled, you can make sure you remove the ads from the other sites. That way you don’t continue to receive inquiries and resumes about a job that is already filled. That’s something you can’t do in a newspaper. If you pay for the ad to run for 7 days, then it is going to run for 7 days. If you find a great person on the second day, then you have 5 days that you’ve paid for that you don’t need. In the end, you will find that submitting job listings online is more cost-effective and can save you a lot of time in a number of ways. That is just the way to go, so make sure you use online job listings from now on so that you can reach a larger audience of great employees.
Jay Gaulard writes for a wide selection of websites on various topics. He is a veteran of the internet and has come to be respected in his many areas of expertise. This article was written on behalf of Iiamin, a popular help wanted ads website.
Employment Tips For Employers and Staff
By Karl Hopkins
What is it ‘exactly’ that motivates people? Money? Prestige? A key to the executive wash room?
Frankly, I doubt weather any of them individually work very well or for very long. Yes we all need money. We have to feed and house ourselves and our families and most people want to enjoy a lifestyle that allows some luxury, but beyond the basic needs of survival, it’s the desire for money that is the motivator, not the cash itself.
And why do we desire money?
In the short term, if we’ve never had much money before, it may initially be for material possessions that we think show status and success, but in the longer term it’s probably not so that we can fuel our consumer society.
It’s much more likely that we crave the recognition of a job well done, that an unexpected rise in salary implies.
We all want to be appreciated, to know that we are contributing and that we are considered to be an important member of the team. Yes, a hike in salary says that - but it’s the thought that counts.
What for example, is likely to be the greater motivator, a 20 per cent increase that the employee had the wait for, fight for and threaten to leave for, or 5 per cent increase given freely when it wasn’t expected?
What’s more romantic - a big bunch of expensive roses on your wife’s birthday (just like you get her every year) or a bunch of classic daises collected from the garden for no reason at all? What’s more, small increases can be given often, multiplying the motivational effect. But there’s more to life than money.
The biggest motivator of all time must be recognition and appreciation and the simple words ‘thank you’ that many employers forget.
Yes, good business is fair trade, the employer employs, the workers work, at the end of the week it’s all square. But just saying “Thank you, I really appreciate all you have done this week, well done!” is more powerful than a few extra pounds bonus. Both would be better of course!
There are lots more things that employers can do to attract, motivate and retain the very best people. Here is a short list:
1.) Be flexible, Allow people the time they need to live their lives. If they need to leave a few minutes early, why not. The time will come, when the big order comes in, that the time can be repaid.
2.) Remember a birthday.
3.) Buy something thoughtful for Christmas.
4.) Give a small gift for no particular reason.
5.) Write a personal letter to your team.
6.) Include employees in major decisions, get their input and ideas.
7.) Reward people with responsibility.
8.) Delegate some good/exciting tasks, not the ones you don’t want.
9.) Take staff to visit clients.
10.) Take people out for lunch occasionally.
11.) Include some overseas travel if possible.
12.) Map a career path and show how you are working to help them achieve it.
13.) Allow their job to evolve to match their talents and interests.
The list could go on for pages. The important message for employers is that staff motivation doesn’t have to be expensive, but the cost of replacing good people is!
If you treat people well and show them that they are valued, money is of a lesser importance. If you don’t, high wages is the only tool you’ll have left.
Remember too, something small given freely and unexpectedly is more powerful than something large given under pressure. It’s best to get in early with the daises rather than at the last minute clutching the roses.
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