Where am I now?

So, how good is your farm business at recruitment?	No	Partially/ Sometimes	Yes
Overall, would you say you consistently have the right people doing the right jobs on the farm?
Are there written position descriptions and person specifications for all people working on the farm?
Are systematic selection procedures used to help choose between potential employees (e.g. prepared interviews, referees contacted)?
Are positions to be filled advertised widely, using more than one method (i.e. not just word-of-mouth)?
Are you attracting the most suitable people to apply for positions on your farm?
Are there formal written employment agreements being used to employ people on your farm? Are these legally binding?
Are new employees provided with a formal induction when they start work?

If you answered no or sometimes to any areas, your recruitment approach may be limiting staff retention, productivity or profit – this section offers practical tools to help improve it. If you answered yes to most areas, your approach is likely working well, and this section will help you build on that success.

Employing someone for our farm is straightforward because we have a systematic process for recruitment.

We routinely have enough suitable candidates applying for jobs.

New people settle in quickly because we take time to provide them with an induction to the farm, the job and the other staff.

We consistently have the right people doing the right jobs on the farm.

Everyone on the farm knows their roles and responsibilities because they have written position descriptions that are actively used and reviewed.

Our workplace is a happy one, because everyone understands what is considered reasonble behaviour, and it is written down in our code of conduct.