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20 Recruiting Tips to Help Prepare for the Rebounding Economy

Guest post by: Ari Rosenstein

Article Overview: In today's rebounding economy, employers must be certain to have a system in place to advertise, receive, review, interview and select the most qualified candidates. If not, be prepared to be overwhelmed! Here are 20 tips to help you manage all phases of the recruiting process to help you hire the most qualified candidate, without losing your mind!

20 Recruiting Tips to Help Prepare for the Rebounding Economy

While reports of a "rebounding economy" are still mixed, the fact that so many companies are hiring is an indication that things are beginning to turn around. With 2.5 million people looking for work, hiring managers must be prepared for a massive influx of resumes for each open position they post. For the first time in a decade, employers are in the driver's seat with an abundance of qualified candidates who can, and have done, the job before.

However, employers must be certain to have a system in place to advertise, receive, review, interview and select the most qualified candidates. If not, be prepared to be overwhelmed! Here are 20 tips to help you manage all phases of the recruiting process to help you hire the most qualified candidate, without losing your mind!

1. Identify the needs of the job.

• Make sure the job description is accurate and clearly reflects the needs of the position

• Is the need temporary or full time?

• Check the salary ranges

2. Advertising for the Position

• Make sure jobs are posted to high quality, reputable web sites - you get what you pay for

• Post jobs to industry specific sites when necessary for more qualified candidates

3. Selecting Resumes

• Set some immediate disqualifiers (i.e., don't consider candidates asking for more money than allotted in the budget, don't consider candidates who live 100 miles away, etc.)

• Don't try to keep up with all the resumes as they are delivered - they will be hitting your inbox fast and furious, and it's the easiest way to become overwhelmed!

• Let the bulk of the resumes come in for about a week and then set aside a few hours to go through everything in one sitting.

4. Conducting Interviews

• Don't rush the interview process!

• Don't let the need to fill a vacant position lead to a hasty hiring decision you will almost certainly regret

• Conduct a phone interview first to make sure everyone is on the same page regarding salary expectations, job duties, hours, etc.

• Have a different purpose for each interview (i.e., pre employment screening during 1st interview, job specific role playing scenarios during 2nd interview, etc.)

• Never hire someone after just one in-person interview

• Involve trusted members of the potential new hire's team in the latter stages of the interview process

5. Selecting the best candidate

• Consider the person's strengths and don't just focus on imperfections

• Consider more than scores and numbers - personality counts!

• Select the person who wants the job the most -

o Views the job as an opportunity

o Is happy to be there

o Will work hard in the position

And here are a few final tips:



• Don't treat an open position as a thing that needs to be handled, but rather a need for a person to join, or perhaps be the start of, a new cohesive unit

• Update the needs of the position to accurately reflect the company structure in 2011 and not years past. This includes, but is not limited to, reevaluating job descriptions and salary ranges

• Don't be afraid to tread lightly and slowly when filling an open or new position.

Many employers may find the the hiring process intimidating, at the least, or completely overwhelming, at the worst! If you are planning on hiring staff this year, you may want to consider outsourcing human resources functions to a professional recruiting firm to help you every step of the way.

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