Well, Easter has been and gone and there are now just a few weeks to go until building work finishes at our site in Lewisham. Does time fly when you're having fun? I haven't had much fun lately, as I'm struggling to put together a staff team so we can actually open!
Despite competitive salaries and brand new resources, the quality of applicants has been disappointing. They don't want to work that far from home, don't turn up for their interviews or can't demonstrate the experience we'd like to see. Maybe our expectations are too high?
Clients and delegates on my training courses agree there's a real shortage of good quality, well-trained staff and it's a big threat to sustainability. My only option now is to hope our agency, Caleeda, can come up trumps. Thankfully, since accepting the likelihood of a percentage fee, CVs have been coming through thick and fast and I'm juggling diaries to find time for interviews.
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