Recruit and Hire the Best: Recruit and Hire: Week Two - Hiring Checklist

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Recruit and Hire the Best Recruit and Hire: Week Two - Hiring Checklist From Susan M. Heathfield, your Guide to Human Resources The second week of the course provides a recruiting and hiring checklist that gives you a complete work process for filling a position. I have tested the process in several organizations, and while work processes can always use improvement, this process works well. The staff members recruited through this process are complimentary and well-integrated into their organizations. Why not try it out? Syllabus Week Two Objectives - Define the Whole Process Recruiting and hiring fabulous staff members takes commitment, energy and time. The investment you make in finding superior staff is worth the trouble. Believe me. New hires, that don't work out, are costly to your organization. Think of the cost of the psychic energy you invest in the new person. Consider the cost of the training and the orientation time. The opportunity lost when other candidates are turned away is also immense. Rarely is the candidate pool you so painstakingly developed, still available after 60 or 90 days. This week's lesson provides a checklist which is your roadmap to a successful process. Key Objective How to Recruit and Hire the Best: A Checklist for Success A growing volume of work usually initiates the need for a new staff person. People also find better opportunities and move on to different organizations. First, think creatively about how to accomplish the work without adding or replacing staff (improve processes, eliminate work you don't need to do, divide work differently and so on). If this doesn't work, and you have definitely identified the need for the employee, embark on a recruitment drive. Supporting Content Eight Hiring Mistakes Employers Make: From Application to... Hiring decisions that result in "bad" hires sap your organization's time, training resources, and psychic energy. The dollars connected to re-hiring and retraining a new staff person are significant. These are the top hiring mistakes to avoid during your recruiting and hiring process, from application to interview. Do these eight activities with care; your recruiting, interviewing and hiring practices will result in better hires. What Great Managers Do Differently Great managers break every rule perceived as conventional wisdom when selecting, motivating, and developing staff. See how this helps create a stronger organization and committed staff. They set performance expectations and then get out of the way. What People Want From Work: Successful Retention Once you've recruited those wonderful staff members, work hard to keep them on board. Some people work for love; others work for personal fulfillment. Others like to accomplish goals and feel as if they are contributing to something larger than themselves, something important. Whatever your personal reasons for working, the bottom line, however, is that almost everyone works for money. Find out the latest thinking and research about what people want from their work. Forms and Tools Internal Job Application for Career Opportunities Looking for a format to use for your internal job application process? You do post job openings for your internal staff first, right? This form will give you a head start as you develop your internal job application and career opportunities process for current employees. Take a look and feel free to use or modify the form to meet your organization's needs. Discuss and Ask Questions in the Forum Forum Discussion Want to ask questions or exchange information? This Forum discussion folder is for members of the class. Please post your questions or ideas here for the entire group to respond and exchange information. This email is written by: Susan M. Heathfield Human Resources Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Missing a lesson? Click here. About U. is our collection of free online courses designed to help you learn a new skill, solve a problem, get something done, or just learn more about your world. Sign up now, and we will email you lessons on a daily or weekly basis. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the About.com 'Recruit and Hire the Best' email. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement