Conduct Powerful Job Interviews: After the First Job Interview

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Conduct Powerful Job Interviews After the First Job Interview From Susan M. Heathfield, your Guide to Human Resources Following the candidate's first job interview, the hiring manager and Human Resources staff will obtain feedback from the interviewers. Their opinion, combined with feedback from other interviewing staff members, will determine whether the candidate is invited back for a second interview and to meet additional employees. Usually candidates who are invited back are people determined to be the most qualified for the position. They appear to be a good fit for the culture, too. Remember, you can ask a candidate back more than once. You can even ask the candidate to work with your team for a few days to assess his or her fit. At the same time, no one is making you select one of your current candidates. You can go back to the drawing board and start over at any step of the process. So, only make a job offer if you are sure (as sure as you can be) that you have found the right person for the job. A failed hire is expensive - for you - and the candidate. Selecting Candidates for the Second Interview Job Candidate Evaluation Form This featured tool is a Job Candidate Evaluation Form. Useful for comparing candidates, it also gives your interviewers information about the skills they need to assess in each candidate. Take a look and remember, you can print a printer-friendly version. In Sales and Marketing Hiring, You Can't Always Get What You Hiring employees is becoming more challenging as employers are hiring employees from a shrinking pool of qualified candidates. Hiring employees is easier of you are willing to settle for 80% of your requirements and training the employee in the rest. You don't have to wait for the perfect sales and marketing candidate when you're hiring employees. Second Interview Tip Genentech, Fortune magazine's pick as the best company to work for, regards recruiting talented employees as a top priority. Recruiting the "right" employees is a lengthy process that can include a candidate returning to the company to interview 5-6 times. A candidate may participate in as many as 20 interviews. I'll bet other best companies approach employee selection with just as much care. So should you. Additional Resources Why "Blink" Matters: The Power of First Impressions Professional speakers and trainers have long asserted that people make up their minds about people they meet for the first time within two minutes. Others assert that these first impressions about people take only thirty seconds. As it turns out, both may be underestimates. According to Malcolm Gladwell, in Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, the decisions may occur much faster. Free Email Class: Recruit and Hire the Best Recruiting the best employees for your organization is an ongoing challenge for every manager, supervisor and Human Resources professional. If you're looking for solid, proven best practices and up-to-the-minute ideas in recruitment, interviewing and selection, you've found the right course. 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 'Conduct Powerful Job Interviews' 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