Print Room Site Manager Needed...URGENT!

[Viney]

How hard can it be to recruit someone? Very, so it seems.

I am on a look out for a Print Room Manager to run a small set up located in Wembley. All they need is some people management skills, a bit of technical and financial noddle and good IT skills and a willingness to learn.

The money, isnt brilliant, it never is with Xerox, but its ok, circa £20k i reckon.

We have interviewed 10 poeple and all of them are just lacking something, in one way or another.

So, do you out there in org land know of anyone that wants a job?

[keithd]

20k? double it and i'll consider it.

i know you said salary isnt brill but that does seem low for london

[keithd]

dont compromise with the vacancy tho, if they aint doing it for you dont just go for the best of an ordinary bunch. i've done that a few times and its not worked yet

[timwilky]

Flipping heck Viney we paid our print room manager twice that up here in the sticks.

[Viney]

Keith, for 40k i'll do it...no hang on i am doing it for half that. The print trade is shocking at the moment and unless its a Law firm, then its all outsocurced, and thats all about bottom line im affraid. I also hear you about getting the right person. Its a lot harder than you think it would be.

Tim - Got any jobs? Sadly its only a small print room hence what they are offereing. They may offer more, but probably only 5k more than that.

As i say, im not on a huge ammout more than what they are offereing and im currently doing 2 roles. Oh the joy.

Anyway, im bitter and have worked for them for 12 years, so just ignore me

[Quedos]

I would say yes but hmm it ain't much more than they just cut me to

[timwilky]

Sorry Viney. If you re read my post I wrote paid, not pay. When we cut staff at that site by 80% the print room went as they no longer handled large volumes of drawing/documents. It did involve more than simply running photocopiers, they also had a few high speed A0 scanner/copiers/folder/printers that they had to copy/scan all incoming suppliers drawings on, index into the appropriate systems etc. as well as managing all the imaging for a 1000 person office

[Bri w]

Crikey, our apprentice is nearly on that, and our engineers are pushing £30k.

Maybe there is a correlation between the offering and lack of candidates...