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8 Steps To Recruiting the Right People

Posted by Sage MicrOpay on Wed, Feb 08, 2012 @ 11:10 AM

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Recruiting the right people isn’t always easy as each person has their own unique strengths and weaknesses. However, with the right approach, companies can be successful in recruiting the right employee for your business.

Here are some approaches that are recommendable:

1.  Recruit for attitude, not just skills and experience
    • Give an opportunity to a less experienced candidate who may need some additional training and support initially, but could turn out to be a talented, hardworking, passionate and loyal employee in the long term.
2. Ask the right questions
    • Understand what you need to know from the candidate to assess their suitability for the job, use this to develop questions that will enable you to gain this information.
3.  Be consistent
    • Plan and use a structured question format that you can use to consistently compare all candidates based on the same criteria.
4.  Seek out evidence based answers drawn from past experience
    • Behavioural interview questions will enable you to assess candidate’s competencies drawn from past performance, rather than speculative questions such as “would you” or “could you”.
5.  Be prepared to present the benefits of working for your company
    • Have some selling points ready to demonstrate the benefits of your opportunity. Never assume that the candidate wants the job you have on offer.
6.  Ensure you put the candidate at ease and build rapport quickly
    • Do this so that the candidate is more likely to respond to questioning in an open and honest manner.
7.  Apply the 80/20 rule
    • Ask questions 20% of the time and listen 80% of the time in order to assess the candidate’s competencies and suitability for the job.
8.  Recruit Actively
    • Use a combination of methods for recruiting the right people. Create an employee referral scheme, advertise job boards, utilise social networking mediums such as LinkedIn, maintain a professional network, recruit from relevant colleges and professional associations, and engage a recruitment agency that specialises in your industry.

Despite the ever changing demand and supply within job markets, referring to the handy hints outlined above will support your endeavour to recruit the right person. 

Topics: recruitment, people management