Are you anxious about reading resumes and interviewing candidates? There are so many reasons the right candidates may not be finding you. What if the responsibility is on you? Your hiring process may be driving the right candidates away before you can make an offer. Rather than blaming the lack of talent, you may want to evaluate the steps you take to make a decision.
What can you do to change your success rate? Here are a few ways to solve this problem and hire the right people:
- It is simply too long. Of course hiring can take time, but too much time can be the difference between hiring the right and the wrong candidates. If you take weeks to schedule an interview, the good candidates may accept other opportunities. They can be come easily frustrated by a lack of communication. Good candidates won’t stop their job search to wait for your answer. Focus on streamlining your process to make them more engaged.
- You don’t know how to interview. Interviewing is an art, and bad techniques can drive away candidates who may otherwise be interested. Don’t talk too much about the job, let the candidate tell you what they already know. Alternately, hiring someone on the spot based on a gut instinct may also backfire in the long term. Don’t make your job seekers jump impossible hurdles. You’ll weed out more candidates than you weed in. Establish a list of performance-based questions relevant to the job, and ask every candidate the same question. This way you can cross-reference answers and make a good decision.
- What do they get in return? Yes, a candidate is interviewing for a spot at your company so they need to prove themselves to you. However, it is equally important for your company to offer incentives for someone to take your job. Why would they want to work for you versus your competitors? Discuss your company culture and see if it is a match. Determine what benefits packages or creative negotiations may work for incoming employees.
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