With all of the different options out there, you’d think it would be easy to find an employee that’s right for your business. In reality, however, finding a great staff member is a lot harder than you’d imagine.
To find the right person to join your team, there are a number of aspects that need to be carefully considered.
1. Understand the Requirements of the Job
You can’t expect your new employee to do a great job at completing their tasks when you don’t know what these tasks actually are, nor can they do so if they don’t have the proper experience or education. This means, that before you even begin to advertise a job opening in your workplace, you consider what tasks the employee will need to complete in their day-to-day activities, if what kind of knowledge is required to complete these tasks. For example, you may need to hire someone as an administration officer, which means that they will need to have some knowledge in organisational standards as well as simple online programs like Microsoft Office.
2. Create an official position
When you do start to advertise your job opening online or through agencies, you want to ensure that the position is necessary to your team. By giving the new employee an actual job title that is relevant to the tasks that they will undertake, you are ensuring that they feel valued in your business and among their colleagues.
3. Conduct an interview
This is a pretty obvious step, but the interview process if the most vital in determining whether someone is right for you and your business. In an interview, you can gather a lot of information about the candidate, including their loyalty, interests, confidence, sense of humour and productivity. By evaluating each of these aspects, you can determine whether a person is suitable for the position, and just as importantly, your work environment. For example, if a candidate is not interested in sport, but you are a store selling sporting goods, they may not be the best choice to positively represent your business.
4. Implement a strategic hiring process
Putting out the initial advertisement for the position, and then conducting interviews are the first steps in your hiring process. To ensure that your process is consistently thorough and effective in finding the right employee, you need to carry out these steps properly. This includes asking job-specific questions in the interview and listing all of the requirements and expectations in the advertisement. You should also ask for the opinions of your colleagues regarding the suitability of a candidate. For example, if someone sends you a resume, you can go through these with different team members and notice any similarities or differences between the candidates and their own. By doing so, you can see if they will be a good fit for their chosen department and the people they will be required to work with.
Hiring the right employee is essential to enhance your work culture. A suitable team member pays you back in productivity, a successful employment relationship and overall, a positive work environment.