Struggling to attract a bench joiner

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Newbie242815

Newbie242815

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    Hi,
    I am wondering if anyone on here has any experience on how to source a bench joiner in the Nottingham area? We have advertised through a few jobsites, including indeed, jobsite/total jobs, gumtree, and we only had responses through jobsite, we only had 4 applicants, none were suitable.

    We have grown rapidly and desperately need someone, this is quite a niche job, and i am struggling to figure out how to move forward. Could an agency be the way forward? Our salary offering was competitive, we are out of town so maybe that is an issue for some, but it is a great company to join, so we feel at a loss as to how to move forwards here.

    Any guidance here would be very welcome!

    Thanks
    Cher
     
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    Darren_Ssc

  • #2
    A friend of mine had a similar problem recruiting tradesmen. There was no way he could compete with specialist companies who would include a new van, guaranteed work and lots of overtime as part of the package.

    What he could offer though was flexibility since he guessed the best tradesmen were either already happily employed or working for themselves. This led to the realisation that people who'd recently started up on their own would not have enough work to keep them going all through the year.

    I think he did have a few problems (mainly because his idea of flexibility didn't always match the other guy's) but he did manage to get himself a couple of decent people to help him for a while.

    Maybe not applicable in your situation, especially if you need someone full-time, but, in reality, agencies and such are just going to be sending you people they've dragged off the street and hoping for the best.
     
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