You’re Hired! Building a winning team
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ou don’t have to travel far at the moment to come across a ‘Help Wanted’ sign in a fish and chip shop window or to see a vacancy being advertised via social media. Many businesses in the UK and across the world are struggling to grow and thrive or even to survive in the current climate. Whilst there are many factors which impact upon the success or failure of a business, there is one resource across all businesses which is often undervalued - your people! If your employees are fully engaged with your business and wellmotivated, this could mean the difference between profitability and mere survival. “The job is not all about money. It’s also about feeling part of a winning team. I am a team leader and I help to make everyone feel good about themselves and to have a sense of pride in their work and in the business.” Employee at awardwinning fish and chip shop. If you are unable to recruit and retain the right people, it doesn’t matter how good your fish and chips are, your business is still going to struggle. How do we go about creating this winning team? It starts with recruitment, or even before then. Getting the job
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advert right is essential if you are to sell the vacancy in your business to the best candidates. The right kind of job advert will help to ensure you can choose from a pool of high calibre of candidates when it’s time to interview. If all goes well you have made a positive step towards building your winning team. That ideal recruit now needs to be trained, supported and developed so that they can become part of that winning team that will drive your business forward. And it doesn’t just end there. Motivating and leading your staff is how you keep your team winning year after year. If this seems a bit daunting then don’t despair as the National Federation of Fish Friers, Seafish and three UK apprenticeship providers are on your side. Working together, and with other like-minded organisations, we will make guidance and tools available, to help you build, develop and keep that winning team. Apprenticeships and staff training will play a key role in these business improvements. What else is needed to succeed? In part this will depend on what you as business owners tell us. In early 2022 we will be in touch with key employers to find out what is needed and wanted so please respond when we reach out to you. And if you are keen to be involved in this then reach out to us first. If you want to get involved, then please contact the National Federation of Fish Friers team: mail@nfff.co.uk or the Seafish Onshore Training team: onshore@seafish.co.uk Chippy Chat & Fast Food Magazine • January 2022
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