Recruitment

Whether you’re looking to hire your first employee, or have been recruiting for years, effective resourcing ensures that your workforce has the relevant skills and abilities to meet your business’s current and future needs.

Preparing to hire staff

Get your business ready to employ staff: step by step guide.

https://www.gov.uk/get-ready-to-employ-someone

Employing staff for the first time

Read about the 7 things you need to do when employing staff for the first time.

https://www.gov.uk/employing-staff

Employ someone: step by step

Check what you need to do to employ someone to work for you.

https://www.gov.uk/employ-someone?step-by-step-nav

Help from Jobcentre Plus

Get recruitment help from Jobcentre Plus with a range of services that can help you as an employer.

https://www.gov.uk/jobcentre-plus-help-for-recruiters

Advertise a vacancy

Advertise and manage vacancies on the free government recruitment service – ‘Find a job’ – which connects jobseekers with UK employers.

https://www.gov.uk/advertise-job

Recruitment and disabled people

Check the law and employer responsibility for hiring and employing disabled people.

https://www.gov.uk/recruitment-disabled-people

Talk to business advisors for free

Contact our advisor team of experts by phone, email or online. We’re here to help you find the information you need to start, run or grow your business.

Contact the business support service and speak to someone online or on the phone.

Find out how you can get support in your local area.