Simple Ways To Improve Your Hiring Process
Hiring new staff or sourcing new talent is essential if you are looking to grow your business. After all, while it may have begun as a solo venture, growing consumer/client demands dictate that your team grows alongside your brand in order to keep up.
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However, it’s no longer just as simple as posting a job advertisement and hoping for the best. For example, the great resignation has made it harder for companies to draw in top talent, and employee retention rates are dropping in just about every industry – meaning that many companies are trying to fill empty desks continuously.
Having a strong hiring and recruitment process in place will benefit your brand and your ever-growing team. This is because it will help manage the expectations of potential employees while assisting you in finding the right fit for your team.
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With that in mind, here are some simple ways to improve your hiring process.
- Have a clear idea of what you are looking for. When trying to hire a new employee, you need to have a clear idea in mind of precisely what you are looking for beyond the job title. For example, you should consider whether or not you are looking for a leader, someone who will slot nicely into the team, someone with great attention to detail, or a lot of market knowledge. The more specific you can be, the better, as this will also make it easier for applicants to see if they are the right fit before sending in an application.
- Remember they’re interviewing you, too. During the interview process, it’s important to remember that a potential employee will also be observing your behaviors and responses to see if they’d actually want to work alongside you. As a result, you should use some time during the interview to ‘sell’ the company. For example, you could discuss the steps you are taking to keep employees content in the workplace.
- Find fun ways to welcome them to the team. According to a recent study, a growing number of new hires leave their position within six months. This proves that while many businesses have no issue in finding talent, they struggle to pin it down due to a poorly constructed onboarding process. Thankfully, there are various ways to combat this. To begin with, you should ensure that your training program is insightful and engaging, giving new hires a chance to further develop their skills. You might also want to include preboarding activities in your hiring process so that new hires can get a feel for the team before they begin. For example, this could include connecting new hires with team members ahead of time so that they can ask any burning questions they might have or get to know their peers. You can find out more about the benefits and practicalities associated with onboarding here: https://www.learningbank.io/blog/onboarding/preboarding-from-yes-to-day-1/. This is a great way to facilitate team bonding and help new hires feel as though they are ready to join your company.
Good luck!
Ken Boyd
Author: Cost Accounting for Dummies, Accounting All-In-One for Dummies, The CPA Exam for Dummies and 1,001 Accounting Questions for Dummies