{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"How I Eliminate All Agency Staff For Care Homes","description":"This episode of the Care Home PR And Marketing Podcast features Stephen Forster, founder of the Care Social Network.  Drawing from his background in care and recruitment, Stephen shares how to revolutionise care worker hiring for care homes. Stephen used to work as domiciliary care assistant in Huddersfield, and it was here that he advanced to HR manager subsequently helping to double the size of the company within two years before founding recruitment and retention company Care Social Network.  In the episode Stephen focuses on: \u201cWhy you can recruit all your carers via Indeed\u201d: Stephen believes care providers need only use Indeed for hiring care assistants \u2013 and he offers unique insights into optimising job adverts and budgets.  \u201cIndeed is 100% a golden ticket. Learn how to use Indeed you can smash it! One provider I\u2019ve been helping has at least 500% more applications while using the same budget as previous,\u201d says Stephen. He adds: \u201cfocusing your efforts on Indeed rather than spreading them thin across various channels,\u201d is key. Why \u201cit\u2019s now a candidates\u2019 market \u2013 so you must strip back your entire recruitment processes to make it work\u201d  Stephen addresses how overuse of agency staff can lead to permanent staff being unhappy, which ultimately negatively impacts care. Why \u201ctime-to-hire: is vital:  \u201cOften if someone applies for a care job on Indeed the care home will reply three days later, and it\u2019s often a boring ad. And yet they expect candidates to get back to them!?\u201d says Stephen. \u201cThe truth is you must treat applicants with unbelievable respect, like gold dust - and get on the phone to them straight away\u201d \u201cI use a VET (voicemail, email, text) system, and I do this twice per day, per applicant.  \u201cRemember, candidates may be applying for 4 or 5 care jobs in one go on Indeed. So you have to be fast \u201cAnd you must sell the company ethos to candidates, and why your provider is the best place to work.\u201d Stephen gives the example of one Lancashire provider with three homes which cut agency usage from 60% to 5% saving over \u00a310,000 a month in agency fees. Why face-to-face interviews are, in the present recruitment climate, more about \u201ccandidates interviewing the care provider.\u201d  Why lengthy screenings of applicants via the phone need to be reduced - and face to face interviews should be around one hour. Why offering jobs on the spot should not be considered as \u201cbeing desperate\u201d.  Rather it\u2019s about doing \u201cwhatever it takes,\u201d to get the right person to work for you. No-shows: \u201cProviders complain that potential applicants are not good enough and do not show up \u2013 but when I dig deeper it\u2019s because processes are not good enough from the start,\u201d says Stephen. Hiring registered managers: Stephen recommends \u201cusing Indeed and its CV search features to proactively reach out to potential candidates, potentially saving on recruitment fees\u2026..You can hire a new manager for \u00a3250 \u2013 and that can be done by every care company\u2026\u201d ","author_name":"Care Home PR And Marketing Masterclass Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.springup-pr.com","html":"