1. Does anyone put a sign on the door?

 

  1. I find good customers make good employees and often have good recommendations. However, I’ve only ever hired part time folks.

 

  1. We get a ton of traffic on FTF’s job board –www.fairtradefederation.org/jobs. Feel very free to message me with your posting and I’ll put it up!

 

happy to do volunteer postings as well ( -:

 

  1. If we’re ever able to afford an employee, I suspect we’ll be posting our job openings with a bottle of champagne and noisemakers. (tongue emoticon)

 

 

  • Kevin Natapow 

 

Some of our best employees came from a sign in the door and a few from craigslist. We also got some CRAZY applicants from CL too so it is a lot more work to weed through that than the ones who come through the door. I also agree that good customers can make great employees too! The key is to have a solid job description with clear detail on what your expectations are for an employee. Have a solid interview process, and follow up and an even better training procedure. I also highly recommend and “working” interview with anyone who makes the 1st cut. People can seem great on paper and even interview well but bomb on the floor and you will see from the other discussions last night how important the customer service experience is!