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Recruitment and retention blog

The most successful recruitment and retention strategies involve attracting talent and creating a positive work environment. Read our blog for tips and ideas.

Tips and ideas

Five reasons why inductions matter for retention

Skimping on a new staff member's induction training, means setting them up to fail and encouraging them to give up...

Choosing a jobs board for advertising your vacancies

How do you get the right candidates, of the right quality, to see your job ads?

How to write a successful job ad that gets applicants

The most successful social care recruiters follow these three rules when writing job ads...

The benefits of offering On-Demand Pay or Earned Wage Access

The idea is this: if you can’t pay more, pay more often...

Why you shouldn’t rely on “yes” people in your team

If you routinely ask someone to do something that isn’t related to their job because you know they’ll say “yes”, you could be on your way to losing your best staff.

Award ceremonies that recognise staff are a powerful retention tool

This tip is about showing appreciation for your staff and attracting new talent through the power of awards...

Community events - the key to finding your next recruit

Wouldn’t it be great if the volunteers in your community, those people who ‘give back’ and put others first, considered working in social care?

How to attract the over-50s to work in adult social care

Age and experience are highly prized within social care. If the over-50s are being dismissed by recruiters in general, we should actively target them...

Helping lone home care workers to feel part of a team

Home carers are lone workers and the group most likely to feel isolated. Help them feel part of a team...