5 tips to fill your Kickstart vacancy swiftly and successfully
Updated 5 November 2021
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1. Make sure you know who at the local jobcentre can support your recruitment process
Ask your local Kickstart District Account Manager or and someone will be in touch. We recommend you speak regularly.
2. Re-read your job description
Does it ask for too much experience and too many qualifications? Does it have enough detail about what the role is? This could be the young person鈥檚 first ever job and you don鈥檛 want to knock their confidence or put them off applying and joining your business.
3. You can promote your own job
Just remember to include the eligibility criteria and remind applicants that they must apply via their work coach. We鈥檙e supporting you by posting Kickstart vacancies on .
4. Have you thought about streamlining the application process to find good quality candidates more quickly?
Feel free to opt for a more informal approach - perhaps there鈥檚 no requirement for an application form, personal statement, CV and interview.
5. When you get an application from a young person interested in your Kickstart vacancy make sure you act on it quickly.
If the young person doesn鈥檛 hear from you they might get snapped up by another employer.