Fish4jobs chief executive Joe Slavin has advised retailers to start advertising for Christmas staff within the next few weeks.

Speaking at the launch of Fish4jobs' Christmas Retail Report, which reveals how dissatisfied shoppers and retailers are with seasonal staff, Slavin advised recruiters to start finding staff earlier, to reward seasonal staff with bonuses or commission and to treat seasonal staff the same as permanent staff.

Slavin's other top tips include using job adverts that should sell the job not describe it and advertising vacancies on Wednesday — the most popular day for candidates to look — not Friday afternoon as many retailers do.

He also advised posting jobs on Fish4jobs on 15 January and 17 September, the days when the site receives the most hits.