Work matters: Management focus - Sizing up the competition

Nursery World, 27 March 2008

Hiring good staff and setting fees are keeping Derek Hayes busy as the scheduled time to open a new nursery setting approaches.

Well, Easter has been and gone and there are now just a few weeks to go until building work finishes at our site in Lewisham. Does time fly when you're having fun? I haven't had much fun lately, as I'm struggling to put together a staff team so we can actually open! Despite competitive salaries and brand new resources, the quality of applicants has been disappointing. They don't want to work that far from home, don't turn up...

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