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How To Hire The Right Staff For Your Daycare Business
Once you’ve decided all the various qualifications
that you’d like your daycare staff to possess and a remuneration package to justify your requirements, you’ll
need to decide how you intend to hire. It is pointless to have the right job with the right package if the right candidate
doesn’t know about it. There
are 2 methods in which you’ll be able to spread the word on your job position; either internally or externally. Naturally with internal sources, you will be saving on time
and money advertising for the position. - You
can consider promoting from within your daycare centre such as promoting the teacher’s assistant to replace a teacher
who’s leaving. This is always the best option as you should be giving your existing day care staff a chance to develop
before seeking external candidates. It also helps to motivate and boost the morale of your other daycare staff as it shows
your appreciation for your staffs’ hard work.
- If you have more than one outlet, you can consider transferring your daycare staff from another outlet.
- You can also consider re-hiring other daycare staff who have
left. The advantage is the daycare staff would already be familiar with your system and you are aware of the day care staff’s
capability and character. The learning curve will be a lot less steep.
- If you have previously advertised for the position, you can re-look at the resumes again to
reassess if you can obtain a suitable candidate from the pool. A good tip will be to speak to your second choice candidate
in the previous recruitment exercise.
If you’ve exhausted all your internal sources, you will then need to look at external methods
of hiring.
- You can consider participating at job fairs. This option might not be suitable if you are not looking
to hire a large number of staff.
- You can next take up an advertisement. There are a number of publications that you
can consider. The first is of course the classified page in your local newspaper. You can also consider alternative avenues
such as trade publications such as childcare providers magazines.
- Other than printed advertisements, you can consider
electronic versions as well. There are many online job portals for you to place your posting. You can also consider daycare
providers’ forum pages or portals as well.
- You can spread the word around and have friends and families recommend
potential day care candidates to you. You can also post the advertisement in your daycare centre’s notice board and
let the parents keep a lookout for you as well.
- You can hire employment agencies or headhunters to locate potential
daycare candidates for you based on your job requirements. They will usually charge you based on one or two months of the
salary that is offered to the candidate.
- You can also speak with schools offering diplomas and certificates in early
childhood and see if they have candidates to recommend.
- You can also put up notices or banner advertising the position
and inviting candidates to walk-in for an interview.
Recruitment need not be an expensive exercise. You
can opt for cheaper alternatives but that could mean that you will need a longer leadtime. If you are really in a hurry to
replace the vacant position, then external means such as employment agencies and advertisements are probably the quickest.
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