By Mashum Mollah
Searching for the right person to fulfill a job vacancy can be a difficult task. After all, it’s time-consuming and, if you get it wrong, you’ll have to repeat the entire process. That is not something anyone wants to do.
Fortunately, it is easier than you think to find the right candidate, you simply need to follow these 5 easy steps.
1. Research The Position
Before you can advertise a job vacancy you need to be certain of what you are advertising. This is true whether you have a new opening in your firm or someone leaving.
This means you need to look at the job and what is actually involved in it. This will allow you to create an accurate job description. It’s essential so that you know what you are looking for and applicants know what is expected of them.
2. Create Your Advertisement
Once you know what the job entails you’ll find that creating the advertisement is surprisingly easy. Simply detail the work involved, expected hours, and benefits. You don’t need to mention a salary at this stage, it can be negotiated according to skill and experience.
Before you start placing adverts in all the local stores and newspapers, consider contacting a reputable labor hire agency, you never know if they may have the perfect candidate waiting for you.
Alongside this, you should note that the digital world has made it much easier to reach potential employees around the globe.
You can, and should, put your advertisement on web-based job boards.
3. Screen Potential Interviewees
Once your advert is out you’ll start to get applicants. You need to decide your screening process. That means setting the minimum criteria an applicant must reach. This might include using assessments for the hiring and recruitment process to filter out suitable candidates with the skills or personality traits you require to find a perfect match. If you do this you’ll find it easier to reject or approve an application while being fair and keeping the needs of the business foremost in your mind.
This will make it simple to screen the applicants and get a pile of potential.
4. Interview & Select
Unfortunately, that means you are now ready to interview. This can be exciting. However, it is also time-consuming. The best approach is to create a template for the interview.
Start by introducing the company, ask the interviewee to tell you about themselves, and then follow with details of the role and the opportunity for them to ask questions.
Using the same approach to everyone makes it easier to decide which one is right for the role and your business.
This will allow you to make the appropriate job offer and negotiate specific terms.
5. Review
Finally, interviewing and selecting a candidate is only the first part. Once your new employee starts they need to complete in-house training and safety awareness. You can then review their progress and talk to them about what they are doing well as well as what they need to improve.
This will help to ensure everyone is happy, the job is being done properly, and you don’t need to repeat the process.
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