What makes an effective recruitment process?
Businesses tend to work from one of two policies when it comes to the recruitment of new staff. There may be a dedicated team in place to handle all recruitment processes or a formal process which is conducted by an executive member of the company.
Regardless of which of the two your business is working with, you will either be a team leader or an executive member of your company, looking to hire someone for the first time. Leading the recruitment process can be tricky, especially if you’ve never done it before or are trying to reinvent the way that you do so. Let’s take a look at how you can effectively lead a recruitment process.
Establish Your Goals
The first part of the recruitment process is to establish the goal that you and your team will be working towards.
On the surface, this may be as simple as hiring a new team member for a particular department, but when you start to break that down, it becomes a case of characteristics, qualifications, desirable experience, and other criteria similar to these.
Every member of the team involved in the recruitment process should have a clear understanding of what the main objectives are, and what type of candidate would be best suited for the position. This helps them to make the correct and relevant decisions throughout all stages of the process.
Lead by Example
There are times when it is necessary to delegate elements of your work load- however if you are leading a recruitment process, you understand how important it can be to oversee the process and also recognise the value in working alongside your employees.
This means that you’re going to have to roll up your sleeves, loosen your tie, and get involved to work with your team in finding solutions, inspire people and lead briefing meetings. Do what you need to do to make sure that everyone is engaged and ready to perform.
Demonstrate How to Interview
If you’re going to successfully share your knowledge and techniques on how to lead an interview process, the following tips will help you demonstrate how to interview with the necessary authority and power.
The interview process is a vital one so it is important that you remain confident and polite. Do some research beforehand on interview techniques and how to ask the right questions to get the most out of this part of the recruitment phase. Remember to include relevant members of your team- another person’s view on things will definitely help with the decision making process.
Preparing to lead a recruitment process can be challenging. Ultimately, by investing more time into this process, the end result is likely to be a more positive and worthwhile one for the business and those involved. Of course you’ll want to take the right steps in screening new employee’s and showing potential members of staff what is so great about your business, so being professional from the outset is definitely a good start. If you follow these steps and are open minded you’ll soon find a great new addition to your team and company.
