Five Steps to Hiring Success

Over 51% of organizations expect to increase in size over the next 12 months, according to a recent survey through Talent Technology. Meanwhile, experts estimate that 1% of the resumes received for an average job represent qualified applicants.

So what can you do to get results, reduce hiring stress and keep compliant? Here are five simple steps to get you started.

1. Let the Job Talk - Spend more time determining what the ideal candidate looks like from not only a hard skills and experience perspective, but also from a behavioral, motivational and personal skills point of view.
2. Protect Yourself Against EEOC and OFCCP - Verify how all of the screening requirements are job-related and predictable in determining superior performance for your organization.
3. Plan for Hiring Success - Create a plan for consistency without over-exposing your opinions and viewpoints. Document the process and completion of steps without documenting every thought or interaction.
4. Structured Screening Process - Create a phone or online interview and assessment process to help lower-performing applicants decide this job isn’t for them.
5. Keep Your Biases Out of the Process - Conduct consistent and objective face-to-face interviews that are structured and cover the same questions for each applicant.

Once you have fought your way through the hiring puzzle, be sure to on-board quickly and effectively, as superior performers want to be productive as soon as possible. Remember, if a new hire is not properly on-boarded, your chances of repeating your hiring nightmare will increase dramatically.