One of the most difficult for small businesses is hiring quality people. However, it will be one of your greatest payoffs in finding the right employee(s) for your business. Every one of a company’s employees increase value and play a role in its success. Some people provide this in little ways, while others in measurable ways. Hiring needs to be done sensibly and with a purpose in order to get the most from candidates and ensure employee retention.
Here are seven things you can do to ensure hiring success.
1. Make sure that the application will be filled out completely. If it is a challenge to fill out an application correctly, this is a tell-tale sign of how the candidate follows directions.
2. Interview Several Candidates. It does not make good business sense in hiring the first candidate you like. Arrange for several interviews even though the majority you will not care for.
3. Be ready for the interview. Ask probing questions and have an engaging conversation. Have a notepad available to notate the candidate’s answers. You will find out a lot about candidates such as their moral compass, if they have a positive attitude, and if they are they will have the long-term potential.
4. Study body language. Throughout the interview study body language, search for questions which are uncomfortable for your interviewee to answer.
5. Ask for flaws. Find out what places the interviewee feels that they need to improve in. Keep your eye out for red flags.
6. Provide a description about the position. Providing a job description to the interviewee gives them insight to what the job will entail.
7. Check Candidates References. Employment laws that exist today place an emphasis on protecting employees. The only thing they are allowed to give you is the length of a past employee’s employment.