QFF With over 34 years of experience in the Tassie market and employing up to 350 people a week, now providing key solutions on how to solve the struggle in recruiting for the job vacancies. (Rob Cameron and Nick Prokopiec)

Grow A Small Business Podcast

In this episode, I interview Nick Prokopiec, the Chief Executive Officer of Season Buck, a Tasmanian Recruitment and HR Consulting Firm, that has been around in the Tassie market for just over 34 years now.

For many years, we're very attractive as a state to see change and make changes. But we're now starting to see housing availability and affordability be a real challenge even coming from the mainland, including the retention piece for employers.

Nick has said that if you don't allocate the time and take it seriously, often it turns to custard. So he says, “allocating time is probably the key for a small business.”

This Cast Covers:

• Tasmanian Recruitment and HR Consulting Firm.
• Operate throughout the state of Hobart, Devonport, and Burnie.
• Employing 300 and up to 350 people a week.
• Running a privately owned business.
• Learning how to attract people to your business.
• Providing key solutions on how to solve the problem of having a lack of employees.
• Helping people on how to become a perfect fit for a job.
• Learning how to assess people's motivations for wanting to take on a job.

Additional Resources:

• SearsonBuck

Quotes:

“If you don’t allocate the time and take it seriously, often it turns to custard.” —Nick Prokopiec

“A small employer needs to learn the art of reviewing a CV.” —Nick Prokopiec

“It’s not about the qualifications as much anymore, it’s about the transferrable skills.” —Nick Prokopiec

“Make sure that individual has the right motivations for the role.” —Nick Prokopiec

“You need to understand whether or not someone is going to lifestyle motivation.” —Nick Prokopiec

Music from https://filmmusic.io “Cold Funk” by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0