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Staffing In The Skilled Trades
L Mills
http://lmills841.googlepages.com/comp
A few short years ago if you were looking for an electrician or plumber or any other skilled tradesman it was just a matter of calling the local times placing an add in the classified,and in a few days... presto... a line of qualified men and women would appear at your door waiting to compete for the opportunity. The problem now isn't that the line doesn't appear but instead that it doesn't stop growing, and with all the potential candidates how do you effectively eliminate those who are less than qualified without eliminating the potential "great ones". There are many on-line job listings and resume posting services, just type "job" or "career" into any search engine, and this is a terrific way to fill the rank and file positions, but there are a finite number of highly skilled tradespeople that are extremely difficult to locate within the masses. Professional staffing services are a valid option, but the high cost can put a strain on your labor burden, and pushes your overall job costing up. Hiring someone who is admittedly under qualified and training them is fine if they don't leave as soon as they reach there peak.
The truth is there is no effective way to recruit only those who are in the top 1 or 2 % of there trade. You can leave the responsibility of being found on the prospective employee, and those in the top of there field know how to be found. Many will post adds of there own in print and on-line stating what they have to offer and what they want in return eliminating all of the cost to the potential employer and giving a firm example of their own initiative. It may be hard to find an electrician that can run a cost effective job, but a highly skilled electrician that brings his own work with his own professional contacts and unique set of prospecting skills that you can build a business around has to find you.
Article submitted Friday, May 02, 2008
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