Placing a vacancy with the Employer Liaison Team
Information for organisations/ businesses
How do I place a vacancy with the Employer Liaison Team?
Placing a vacancy couldn't be easier, and begins with an initial registration session, lasting approximately 15 minutes, in which details of the position are gathered for placing onto the Jobnet database. The vacancy information then becomes accessible citywide at the touch of a button, maximising the opportunity to match the best candidates to your vacancies.
To place your vacancy with Jobnet:
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Contact the central office on 0114 272 4866, and ask for the Vacancy Taker
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Provide details of the vacancy that you wish to place with us, including hours of work, job description, benefits, closing date and a contact name so that the vacancy can be updated weekly
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When all information is inputted onto the Skills Register, the Vacancy Taker will re-confirm the details with you
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The vacancy will go live on the Skills Register System within 24 hours enabling the details to be accessed across all Jobnet sites
What happens next?
Placing a vacancy couldn't be easier, the individual Jobnet sites will continue to match to your vacancy on a regular basis, so that all clients registered, are compared to your vacancy requirements, thus giving you the best possible candidate to fill your position.
You will be contacted weekly by the Vacancy Taker to keep you up-to-date with all developments and feedback relating to the vacancy.
Once the position has been filled the Vacancy Taker will close your vacancy on the Skills Register. The Employer Liaison Officer will then keep in regular contact with you so that Jobnet can continue to provide assistance with all your employment needs.
When the Jobnet client commences employment with you, you will receive a Job 1 form. You will need to fill out this form on behalf of your client, and send it back in the stamp-addressed envelope provided as soon as possible. The Job 1 form will ask questions about the date the employee started with you, that they are working for over 16 hours per week, and that the job will be expected to last for 13 weeks at least. Sending this form back to Jobnet means that we can draw funding, and enables Jobnet to continue to be a resource to employers, and support Sheffield residents back to work.
What do we need from you, the Employer?
Recruiting through Jobnet is fast, efficient, easy and free. There are several key items of information you will be asked for when you place a vacancy with us, which will enable us to source the most suitable candidate for you:
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Full and detailed job descriptions – this ensures that we know exactly what you expect from the employee, don’t worry if you don’t have a job description, the dedicated Employer Liaison Team can help with this, giving guidance and information to ensure you get the best from your future employee
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Person specification – this needs to include any qualifications, skills or attributes that are either necessary to carry out the job, or desirable in your potential employee
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Hours, benefits and training – information like this is essential when placing a vacancy. This includes shift work, and pensions, as well as any on-the-job or external training that will be expected or offered to the future employee
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Regular Contact – regular contact between yourselves and the Employer Liaison Team is crucial to the management of your vacancy. Therefore a contact name will be required, whom the Vacancy Taker can discuss the vacancy with on a weekly basis
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Job 1 form – this is the form that will be sent out to you as the employer once a Jobnet client begins employment with you. This enables Jobnet to receive funding and continue to work with employers to fill vacancies
