PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

For many business owners and managers, hiring is the single most difficult thing that they do. They know that they aren’t good at it and tend to put with poor performance because they fear that they will spend time and effort hiring a new employee who turns out to be no better than the one they are replacing.

They are effectively driven by fear of the “unknown incompetent” but this can be overcome by putting in place an effective hiring process. This comprises four relatively simple concepts and underlying steps.

Click on each of the headings for more detailed information for that step.

Establish the Profile of the Ideal Candidate

This is a simple process that allows the people who know most about the job you are hiring to full to identify the kind of person you want to hire. There is a tendency to hire for hard skills and fire for lack of soft skills and this approach focuses on finding the right soft skills up front.

Develop and Process a Pool of Qualified Candidates

One of the biggest problems in hiring is that companies do not generate sufficient candidate flow. What this means is that they are forced to choose from two small a pool and simply hire the best of what is available – in effect hiring the tallest pygmy.

Grade the Candidates

One of the worst aspects of hiring is having to interview candidates. Managers find that this is the most intimidating and time-consuming area, and they waste hours of valuable management time seeing inappropriate candidates.

Evaluate the Match

This is where the manager most effectively spends their time – not qualifying candidates or seeing people who they should never hire. Having identified the three to five candidates that match your requirements, the evaluation process is essential and this is the most important step.