MYB151: Struggling to Find Good Staff? Try This 5 Stage Recruitment Process

In this episode of the Max Your Business Podcast, hosts Ben Fewtrell and David Carlin unpack why recruiting is one of the biggest headaches for business owners and why the traditional way of hiring just leaves you with the best of a bad bunch.

Hiring is not just about throwing an ad up on Seek and hoping for the best. It is about treating your job ad like a marketing campaign, weeding out the time-wasters before you even look at a resume, and building a business that people genuinely want to work for. Ben and David share practical tips, mindset shifts, and the "bookends" of recruiting that ensure you set your new team members up for absolute success.

If you are tired of saying "I cannot find good people" or "No one wants to work anymore," this episode will challenge you to view your recruitment process through a completely different lens.

Episode Highlights:

00:00 - Welcome to the Max Your Business Podcast

07:23 - Why recruiting is one of the most common challenges for business owners today

08:28 - The "bookends" of recruiting: role clarity before you hire and induction training after

10:43 - The biggest mistake you can make: recruiting to replace a person instead of recruiting for a role 12:21 - Why your job ad is actually a marketing tool (and how to write one that works)

14:10 - Thinking outside the job boards: using Facebook ads and customer databases to find hidden talent

18:36 - The "Funky Wombat" trick: how a simple code word saves you hours of reading useless applications

21:51 - Why successful recruiting is actually a strict deselection process

25:00 - Busting the "skills shortage" myth with a real-world panel beater example