Strategies for Effective Hiring

• Define job requirements by knowing...
  • What you are hiring for
  • The skills and experience needed
  • The attitude and personal characteristics that you desire

• Successful recruiting involves screening resumes, strategically looking to create a pool of qualified candidates.

• Successful interviewing involves effective communication so both the interviewee and interviewer obtain information to make a sensible employment decision.
  • Have a core of questions to ask all candidates to ensure consistency in the questioning process
  • Questions include: self-appraisal, accomplishment questions, broad-brush and comparison questions

• Evaluating the candidates using the Harvard Business Decision-making Matrix at Harvard Business Essentials web site for a decision-making matrix

• Choose the best candidate and extend a job offer.