Recruiting Casual Staff

Staff recruitment is a continual and constant process. Our large programs have significant staffing pressure and we need to ensure that our pipeline is full of strong and capable candidates (and that we are not desperately seeking staff at the last minute).

Here are the main sources of staff recruitment:

1. Word of Mouth/ Referrals

The guiding/casual staff pool in the Blue Mountains is relatively small. The better we treat our staff (pay, conditions, engagement, gratitude etc) the more likely we have of them talking to their friends and other colleagues who will in turn want to reach out and work for us.

2. TAFE Wentworth Falls

Every six months James goes into Wentworth falls TAFE and presents a keynote to  Cert 3, Cert 4 and Diploma students. Not only is this a way of James investing in the next generation of guides and outdoor enthusiasts,  it provides a fantastic opportunity to recruit young, new fresh staff.

3. Current Staff recommendations

Many of our casual staff work with numerous other employers. As casual staff, they are often working with numerous other casual staff constantly (and with their ears on the ground ), our current pool of staff often work with great colleagues we have never met. 

In order to connect with these potential new staff members all we need to do is ASK THE QUESTION! "Have you worked with".

4. Social Media

It is worth every six month (possibly more regularly) posting on social and putting out there that we are looking for new staff to join our amazing team. Please get in contact!

• Tell me about a time you set yourself a big stretch goal?

• What do you do to overcome fear and step out of your comfort zone?

• Tell me about a time where you failed and what you did to overcome that failure?

• What do you want out of employment?

• Tell me a story of something you did in your career that you absolutely loved being a part of whether it was commercially successful or not.”

• Tell me what you stand for. Tell me what you hope to advance in your life more significant than the money you make.

• a. What is it that you have to give to our organization that we will need?

• b. What is it that you selfishly want from us?

• “If today were the last day of your life, what would you do?” 

• What are you most interested in and speak most enthusiastically about? And, what do you want others to remember you for?

• When in your life have you been so passionately focused on an activity that you lost track of time and what were you doing?

• What is your greatest weakness?

• Have you ever worked with a difficult colleague or boss? How did you handle the situation?

Reliability 

• Tell me about a time when you promised to handle something at work that was either very difficult and/or came at a demanding time.

• Give an example of how you work in a situation where you must prioritize and multitask without supervision.

• How do you define what it means to be an efficient and reliable employee?

Learn and grow

• In your previous position, what specific skills or competencies did you seek out to better yourself and to help others better themselves?

• Describe a time when you realized you needed additional skills or knowledge to be successful. What was your approach to gaining these skills?

Communication Skills

• You have a small disagreement with a co-worker. How would you resolve it independently of your immediate supervisor?

• Tell me about a situation when you had to speak up in order to get a point across that was important to you

• Give an example of a time when you persuaded a boss, customer, or peer to your point of view, even when that individual may not have agreed with you.

1. Initial contact from prospective employee (might be after we have reached out)

2. Receive resume/ Quals

3. Interview-> See  questions above

4. Job Offer

5. Send employment pack

6. Roster staff

HI Louis

Great to chat the other week! I had the below sitting in my outbox for over a week! I am so sorry.

As we talked about briefly on the phone I am the founder of MyAdventure Group  - a business focussed on delivering Australia's most mind blowing Corporate Adventure Programs. For more info on the kind of programs we run, please check out:

• Our website: www.myadventuregroup.com.au

• Short video of the kind of outdoor programs we run: https://vimeo.com/582709738

• Attached PDF

We are looking to have a "season" open from 24 Oct -> 28 Nov and have a number of programs over that time. I would love to have you involved in as much as possible both in base camp and guiding.

What do you think?

If you like the look of this, can you please send me:

• your resume

• copy of your quals

Thank you.

Cheers

James

HI X

Thanks for coming back to me! I would love to have you on board. Welcome!

Here are our current dates:

Base Camp setup - 24/25 Oct, 10-11 Nov

Base Camp packdown - 28/29 Nov

We currently have the following mid week dates:

26-28 Oct - Geocon 15 pax

14-16 Nov - Dual 70 pax

22-24 Nov - NRL 50pax

Weekends:

28-30 Oct - Explorer X

11 - 13 Nov - Young Explorer / Weekend Explorer

18 -20 Nov - Executive X

25-27 Nov - Executive X 

Can you please let me know if you are available for all, some, or none of the dates above?

If you are able to work for us over this period I will send you:

• employment agreement

• Staff employment pack

Thank you and talk soon!