Recruitment

If you need to employ someone, consider what you want the employee to do and what skills you require. Also consider the employment conditions, level of pay and other costs of employment, including the physical accommodation of the worker.

Prepare a job description that defines the responsibilities and functions of a job. This will help you identify the knowledge, experience and skills required for the job.

When you advertise a job remember that, by law, you must not use discriminatory language that may exclude potential employees on the basis of race, age, sex, marital status, family status or responsibility, pregnancy, religious and political beliefs, disability, gender history or sexual orientation.

Your recruitment process will run more smoothly if you know how to:

advertise
interview
select the right applicant
draw up and document a formal offer of employment.

What to do...

Go to Australian Job Search - provides free services to employers.
Phone the Employer Hotline on 13 17 15 for further information about the benefits of Australian Job Search and Job Network.
Let Job Network help you get the right person for the job. They may also be able to assist with wage subsidies, training or other support.
Use the Recruiting, managing and developing your staff quiz to assess your recruiting skills.
Use the Employer obligations checklist to help meet your tax and superannuation obligations when employing staff.
Use the Staff Planning Estimators to gauge the cost of staff in your business.
Find out about employing staff who work from home or with varying hours on the Telework Australia website.
See how to recruit staff in your state or territory.