thread: Advertising for jobs

  1. #1
    Registered User

    Apr 2009
    Epping, VIC
    2,546

    Advertising for jobs

    We have a cleaning business and we need more staff.

    Where should I place the ad? Just looked on seek and it's $230 to place an ad.

    That's a lot of money for a small business.

    Will it be worth it? Any other suggestions?

    TIA

  2. #2
    BellyBelly Member

    Jul 2008
    Yarra Valley, Victoria
    429

    Do you have a local Facebook notice board? It's free and you can weed out a few people with questions over Facebook for interviews...


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  3. #3

    Jul 2009
    Out North, Vic
    8,538

    DP recently popped an add on gumtree, it's free & we had 4 emails & multiple phone calls in 1 day.

    Local paper



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  4. #4
    Registered User

    Jan 2012
    Western Suburbs Melbourne
    651

    Advertising for jobs

    Seek is good.
    Be prepared for people not reading the advert properly, not being valid workers ie no working visas etc.
    I used to do our job posting at my old job, and now being on the other end of that I always use seek.

  5. #5
    2014 BellyBelly RAK Recipient.

    Mar 2008
    Vic
    4,806

    We used to use seek at work and would get 100's of emails. We liked it because we wouldn't put the company name down or the phone number, so we could weed out the legit applicants without being bombarded by phone calls. We would end up with around 5-10 people worth interviewing. Prior to using seek, we'd tried the Age and the local papers, neither pulling a decent response and requiring further money spent on another ad elsewhere.

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Apr 2009
    Epping, VIC
    2,546

    Thanks guys!

    We've tried the local paper for that area with no luck.

    Suppose seek is the next best option


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  7. #7
    Registered User

    Dec 2006
    Melbourne
    3,737

    Seek or fb are where we found our staff, mostly through seek but last time dh ran an ad on fb on the side banner thing, it targeted people in Melbourne in a certain age bracket, he had about 8 people come to a group interview and ended up hiring one of them.

  8. #8
    BellyBelly Member

    Nov 2004
    VIC
    1,794

    definately try gum tree- we get staff for our coffee van from there
    also try local TAFES, universities- they often have job notice boards
    Also try local community centres,
    there are also job clubs such as employment plus (run by the salvation army) which dont charge a fee
    i wouldnt do seek- too much money and it wouldnt be where i would look for a cleaning job!
    HTH