If you are a caterer looking to recruit and have never used the services of a catering recruitment agency now is a good time to do so. The best agencies offer you a cheap and quick way to find experienced people for your catering roles.
The fact that the majority of the people who look for jobs via these agencies have prior experience is great for you. It means that the vast majority of the applicants you get will already be trained up. Most will have taken and passed important courses like Food Safety. This means that many of the people you employ will require, little, if any, training.
Recruiting via an Agency Need not be Expensive
Some people wrongly assume that using an agency for recruitment is expensive. In the past, this may have been true. Many agencies charged a high hourly rate when they sent people to fill roles on a temporary basis. If you then employed someone they sent you, they often charged a substantial finder’s fee. This kind of agency still exists, and can be handy when you find yourself without out someone for your night shift. However, this is not the kind of agency we are talking about in this article.
The agencies that can help you for a low price are those that allow you to post your jobs on their websites. This website can be accessed by job seekers who can search it at any time of the day or night. Usually posting your jobs on these sites is extremely cheap. For under £200, you can post your advert and get it seen by a pool of literally thousands of potential applicants.
Things to Look for in an Agency
If you are unsure about using an agency, start small. Advertise a single vacancy and try a couple of agencies out. However, it makes sense to post your jobs on the websites of those agencies that rank well in the search engines. Doing so gives you a better chance of your adverts being seen and responded to quickly.
One of the UKs most well established sites for listing catering recruitment agencies, Caterer.com has thousands of vacancies on their website.
