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Where and how to find staff – advertising To find staff, you can advertise in national, regional, local or trade press or one of the many UK Internet job sites, or use an employment agency or Jobcentre Plus to recruit for you.   Advertising your vacancy   Think about who you want to read the advertisement, how long it should run, how fast you want a response and how much you want to pay. Options include: newspapers and magazines - they can reach specific audiences within a sector or locality Internet sites - they can reach a wide audience quickly, and some have a database of candidates that you can search Check the costs - Internet sites can be cheaper than advertising in a newspaper - and time the advertisement carefully, e.g. avoid holiday periods. Remember to plan how you will deal with responses.   A good job advertisement should: be concise but give enough information so candidates can decide whether to apply, e.g. gives the location and pay range clearly state the skills and experience needed based on your person specification and job description be attractively designed be non-discriminatory explain how the applicants should respond to the advertisement, eg by sending a CV or completing an application form Employment agencies   Employment agencies have databases of potential candidates and can advertise on your behalf.