How Do You Ensure The Most Efficient Recruitment Practice?

How Do You Ensure The Most Efficient Recruitment Practice?






As an employer it can be a minefield when you have made the important recruitment decision, 'I need to recruit a person for my team'. I would like to give you my take on this; I hope you find this advice useful.

Top tips: How do you ensure the most efficient recruitment practice?

  • Have a written job specification.  Very often overlooked.  I would say that 1 in 5 employers have this clearly specified in writing, sometimes less than this.
  • Know what skills and experiences are essential, and those that are desirable.  If a job specification has been well prepared you will have these already documented.
  • Understand what person values you desire. Very important, in the war for talent, it is most important that you hire people with your company values; this should be priority number one when making a decision to hire.
  • Have a consistent interview structure with designated interviewees and interview procedure. This demonstrates organisation and makes the interviewee feel valued.
  • Use additional interview tools that you value, such a IQ tests, written assessment, psychometric assessments, etc. Do you need any extra tools to make an informed decision?
  • Ensure you request references prior or after the interview. Again, many employers still do not check references, if you use a respectable recruitment agency they should have checked for you, but you should always check yourself.  If you make a job offer always do so, subject to receiving 1 or 2 good references.
  • Be in a position to inform the interviewee of how they have done at the interview, or within an agreed timescale after the interview.  Make sure you deliver on this.  I am always mystified when an employer takes longer to give a decision to the interviewee than they stated they would.  Don't do this, straight away you lose confidence in the interviewee and the recruitment agency may decide to prioritise other employers higher because of this unclear process.
  • Communicate with the recruitment agency throughout the recruitment process.  Like any good partnership, listening to each other is paramount, be transparent, be honest.

Recruitment Blog courtesy of Project Resource.

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