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How to find the right employee
Finding the best employees for your company is crucial for maintaining growth and generating positive morale. Every company does it differently some better than others. However it is important that you recruit well as the cost of bad recruitment and opportunity cost can at times be as much as two to three times the annual salary.
So you have just had a resignation – the following are some of the steps that you need to review
What is the business need?
- Do you need this job in the format that it currently is, or do you require a different role due to the different direction of the organisation?
- Do you need to replace this role or is it obsolete, or can you reorganise the department to cover the job functions or expand employees’ responsibilities to cover it?
- Do you need to outsource this function?
Developing a position description/candidate specifications
One of the most important tasks in finding the right employee is determining the position description /candidate profile and the selection criteria.
A position description should include the key relationships, duties and responsibilities of the roles, the competencies required for the job as well as the performance measures and indicators. A total remuneration package including salary, superannuation and other benefits are also to be included in the position description.
A candidate Profile should include the type of experience, knowledge skills and abilities you are seeking, as well as educational qualifications and personal qualities of the applicant.
Selection criteria may include the following:
- Relevant skills
- Personal qualities such as values and attitude
- Core competencies required for the effective performance of the job, or the capacity to develop those skills and abilities
- Previous work experience
- Essential qualifications
- Relevant knowledge necessary to be effective in the position
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Sourcing candidates
There are many avenues that can be used to find potential applicants including newspaper advertising, employee referral, internal applicants, internet, recruitment consultants, job network providers, etc.
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The interview process
The interview process is a key step in the process of hiring the best employee as it gives you the opportunity to identify the future performance of the candidate in the job role. The interview process is a two way opportunity for you to get to know the candidate and vice versa.
By the end of the interview you should be able to assess:
- whether the applicant has the knowledge required to do the job based on answers to technical questions or examples of previous work
- whether the applicant is able to do the job by asking questions related to the applicant’s results and achievements in previous positions
- reasons for any gaps in work history
- the applicant’s strengths and weaknesses, including how the applicant has dealt with any mentioned limitation.
When you follow a thorough process making a decision to select the right person is easy.
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Job offer
When making the job offer, it is important to note that the salary package is not the only reason why the applicant wants to join you.
This may include the values that are integral to the organisation, the promotional opportunity and the career path that they can have, the development opportunities, the fact that they can work in a team, or working autonomously, or able to make own decisions. Be sure that you highlight these areas as these are great selling points of your organisation.
Ensure that the letter of offer and all the relevant documentation is accurate and represents the offer that you want to make!
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Orientation
Now you need to start thinking about how this new employee can be integrated into the organisation. A full induction process is beneficial as you will get the benefit when the employee is fully productive as quickly as possible, it reduces the stress and anxiety associated with a new job, improves employee morale, and decreases level of absenteeism and staff turnover. Use a buddy system. Give the applicants some objectives so they know what they need to achieve, and more importantly give them some constructive feedback so they know how they are tracking.
Studies have shown that hiring the best employees and keeping them will be the single biggest competitive edge that you as an employer will have.
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