If you are an employer, finding good and reliable employees is always a headache; then once you have found employees you need to motivate and retain them. There is no point in spending thousands of pounds training them up for them to leave a year later, so you have to plan your recruitment strategy well.

The recruitment process is all important and there are several approaches, but you are advised to take advice from a specialist HR person. There are the classic ways such as job adverts, both hard copy and online, as well as head hunting and recruitment agencies.

Many people find social media sites, such as LinkedIn useful as it links professionals, many of whom are on the job search.

In order to attract high calibre employees you need to make sure that your package is attractive, not just the base salary but the benefits too. If you cannot afford a high salary up front, you might want to consider an aggressive bonus package which will only be paid out on results.

Once you have found the right employees you have to keep them engaged and motivated or they will soon leave for a job that offers them more. Make sure that you have tools in place such as appraisals and target measurements and make sure that employees have a channel for any frustrations.