	{"id":88040,"date":"2023-03-05T04:57:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T17:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=88040"},"modified":"2023-03-02T10:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T23:46:50","slug":"how-do-you-hire-in-a-worker-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/how-do-you-hire-in-a-worker-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you hire in a worker shortage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IF you frequent any local cafe, it\u2019s likely you\u2019ve seen job vacancies advertised on the business\u2019 front window.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitality is just one of many industries across the region, and country, experiencing the strain of a large-scale worker shortage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employeematters.com.au\/\">Employee Matters<\/a> employment specialist and author of <em>From Hire to Fire &amp; Everything in Between<\/em>, Natasha Hawker, said the current applicant market is the tightest she has seen in 29 years, and recruitment is particularly difficult in regional areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vast majority need more employees,\u201d she said. \u201cEmployment rates and immigration rates are at record lows so that\u2019s part of the problem, but there are a number of issues out of an employer\u2019s control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmployers have to give themselves the best chance to win the war for talent, and the challenge is that they lack the sophisticated recruitment skills they now need to do this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey need to get better at attracting and securing the best talent, and you can find employees if you do recruitment differently; not just recruiting for the job, but trying to attract people to the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BGT Jobs and Training\u2019s business development manager Julie Butler said her staff must think outside the box when supporting employers to addressing the skilled candidate shortage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe go out to all the schools, we talk about different career paths, and have set up programs for students to start apprenticeships while they\u2019re still at school,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a vacancy list we send to everybody; schools, job actives, apprenticeship support, everyone in the community, and we work with Workplace Australia so we\u2019re all on the same page about how we can get people back into work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchools contact us when they\u2019ve got a student looking for an apprenticeship, we\u2019ll meet with them, make sure their resume\u2019s good, give them interview techniques, and get them out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Businesses often contact Ms Butler with vacancies they can\u2019t fill themselves, and BGT take on the recruitment process, using \u201cevery means of advertising\u201d to get candidates to an initial meeting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88054\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-88054\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/03\/cropSolCo_EMnatasha-56-minimised-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/03\/cropSolCo_EMnatasha-56-minimised-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/03\/cropSolCo_EMnatasha-56-minimised-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/03\/cropSolCo_EMnatasha-56-minimised-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/03\/cropSolCo_EMnatasha-56-minimised-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/03\/cropSolCo_EMnatasha-56-minimised-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natasha Hawker. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAny group we can tap into, that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing, but Ballarat as a community has come together. We\u2019re all on the same page. Whatever we can do to get people in jobs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Aiming to fill skilled worker vacancies in Ballarat\u2019s manufacturing sector has been a large project for Ms Butler and BGT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLots of businesses are wanting engineers, which is good. We\u2019ve got our cert II school-based program at Barkly Square for the students to get some training two days a week,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they like it, they roll into an apprenticeship and we can place people in businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goldacres is one of the local agricultural manufacturing groups supported by BGT, and human resources and recruitment staffer Eliza Miller said the company is working hard to attract skilled welders and fabricators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re fairly unique because we\u2019re a family owned and operated business, so we have the ability to act quickly in advertising job vacancies, and the family is very open to trying new things to attract people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to keep our employees here happy, so we do monthly lunches and have social clubs, alongside the money side of things. Making sure it\u2019s a good place to work with a good culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Besides manufacturing, Ms Hawker said the health, aged care, hospitality, and trade sectors are finding employment particularly difficult in regional areas, and employers should be head-hunting.<\/p>\n<p>She said they need to be clear on what their employee value proposition is. What\u2019s in it for the candidate, what\u2019s attractive, and what values and benefits will retain them beyond money?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also important that they prepare for interviews as much as the candidates, sell the job in the process, and respectfully correspond with all applicants, even if they are unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut number one, they need to be making sure they\u2019re paying correctly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they can offer slightly more than the award or have better working conditions, and they treat their employees with respect, that\u2019s going to go a long way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should be a fun place to work, not just a job. People will go above and beyond at a great place to work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IF you frequent any local cafe, it\u2019s likely you\u2019ve seen job vacancies advertised on the business\u2019 front window. 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