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Create a great interview process to land great employees

 

A great interview process is essential in hiring quality workers for your company.  Follow these guidelines to help you save time and money while hiring top talent.

Skills

Creating an engaging job description is your first step in the interview process in targeting the right candidates. Creatively use industry-standard language when stating the position’s title. Combine required skills, education, and experience. Emphasize your company’s culture, mission, and values. Explain how the position will help your business move toward its goals and how the candidate may advance to various positions. To attract goal-oriented hires, include phrases about your company’s projected annual growth and how many new accounts they might expect to add each year.  Indicate urgency for filling the position by posting start dates and individual contact information for applicants. Highlight benefits, perks, and bonuses potential employees can expect. Ensure proper spelling and grammar to promote professionalism.

Team Input

Transparency, team-based goal setting, comprehensive feedback, and team decision-making help improve your hiring process. Your workers become highly visible by interacting with job candidates, and their knowledge sharing can become one of your company’s strongest selling points. Colleagues know the most compelling parts of the job, will be trusted by your candidates and can answer questions and calm concerns potential hires may have. Camaraderie can develop before an interviewee is hired, reducing turnover down the road. Numerous employee perspectives increase the odds of your new hire being a good fit for your team. Being involved in the hiring process encourages the volume and quality of referrals for open positions and increases your external brand image. Collaborative hiring lets team members get to know each other faster and encourages training and mentoring after hiring.

Video

Utilizing video technology helps you connect with job seekers earlier in the hiring process.  You can record interviews for later playback; record candidates’ answers to preset questions; collaborate with team members to comment on and rate potential new hires; and help convey your branding to interviewees. You save time and travel costs by not meeting in person. Nonverbal communication cues help convey whether the candidate is right for the position. These nonverbal cues, such as facial expressions, body language, personality, and professionalism, are more easily conveyed on video than over the phone. Likewise, candidates can better evaluate whether they’d fit with your company before investing their valuable time and money meeting with you in person. Passive candidates who aren’t necessarily looking to change jobs at the moment can schedule interviews at their convenience and learn more about your company, increasing your pool of qualified candidates.

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Follow these simple guidelines to hire better workers, increase productivity and retention, and grow your bottom line. For more help with improving your financial recruitment, reach out to CarterWill Search & Flex today!

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