Recruit in Haste, Regret at Leisure!: Recent Episodes
Cathy Doherty
Every person you hire impacts on your business, on your people, on you and on your clients. In this series, I explain how to make informed and deliberate decisions, so you reduce your chances of recruiting in haste and regretting at leisure and build your dream company culture!
As the interviewer, what you say and what your body language says can be key to a candidate performing their best and helping you make an informed decision.
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. It's not just candidates who need to prepare. Poor preparation gives a bad impression of you and the business.
So, you've worked out who you need now you just need a plan of how to attract them and how will you choose who is the best person for the role and the business? Not having this mapped out before you begin selecting people leaves you vulnerable to claims.
Before you even put the word out, do you know who you need? Spend more time early on and what comes next will be of much more value and a better spend of your time. Poor data in, poor info out...