Sunday, November 15, 2009

How to Hire the Right Candidate

Hiring the right candidate is very challenging and it includes a lot of effort and preparation. A right candidate hired helps you in increasing the productivity, successful employment relationship at work place, and a positive impact on the employee morale of the company. Consider the following points to find a suitable candidate for your company.

Define the Job
The first thing you need to do while hiring a person is to define the job. Analyze the duties, responsibilities, necessary skills, and work environment for a particular post. Understand the job and get a clear idea of the requirements. The job description helps you to plan your recruiting strategy for hiring the right candidate.

Plan Employee Recruiting Strategy
After defining the job and its responsibilities, set up a recruiting planning meeting involving the key employees like team leaders, managers and other experienced employees. Plan a recruiting process with the help of the group to make it efficient.

Prepare a Checklist
Keep track of your requirements by maintaining a checklist. Keep updating your checklist to know what exactly you need in a candidate and what you achieved. Review and screen all the documents such as the resume, cover letters, job applications carefully.

Interview Questions
Be prepared with the right interview questions that are suitable for the job. Interview is a powerful factor in hiring a right candidate. The interview questions asked should be critical in identifying the right candidate.

Do some background research on the candidate, regarding his/her past experience, educational qualifications etc., to be sure that you are hiring a right candidate.

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