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| Hiring Staff | You will need: executive search firms; job applications; post jobs online; reference checks; during the interview process.
First of all, interview carefully. Pay your attention to the applicant's qualifications and ability to do the job, not on extraneous issues such as appearance, race, gender, religion, disability or other issues that do not pertain to the position.
Invite others into the interview process. The applicant will meet with several managers, and you can get others' impressions of the candidate.
Always check references and employment history. Lots of employers also ask that applicants agree to credit-history checks and pre-employment drug screenings.
Write down your offer, spelling out the job description, hours, salary, benefits, vacation and sick time, and other pertinent details.
Prior to Interviewing Prospective Employees
- Decide what jobs you need done.
- Put down precise job descriptions.
- Carry on salary surveys among similar businesses in similar locations to find out what each job will pay.
- Give an ad in appropriate media. In case you need generalists, you may put employment ads in local newspapers. But if you need specialists, you should think over advertising in trade publications or other specialized media, including job fairs and the Internet.
- Reason out using an employment service. If there is no idea how to get started hiring a staff, an agency can help you write job descriptions, put together an employee manual, devise a benefits package, and screen applicants. |
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