6 Steps To Eliminate Lousy Applicants and Hire Great People
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Hiring great people doesn't have to be so difficult. Begin hiring Rockstars with our 6 step guide, which also has a couple of bonuses you don't want to miss.
6 Steps To Eliminate Lousy Applicants and Hire Great People
- 1. 6 STEPS TO ELIMINATE LOUSY APPLICANTS & HIRE GREAT PEOPLE
- 3. #hiregreatpeople 3 Become a resume reviewing ninja and save yourself a ton of time and anxiety with our simple double pass resume screening process.
- 4. #hiregreatpeople 4 On your first pass look for spelling, grammar and formatting errors and take no more than 15 seconds per resume.
- 5. #hiregreatpeople 5 APPLICANT RESUME MOVE FORW ARD Create two folders in your email and label one MOVE FORWARD and the other NOT INTERESTED. The resumes that don't make the cut get moved into NOT INTERESTED. NOT INTERESTED
- 6. #hiregreatpeople 6 On your second pass be more critical and only move applicants forward who have the following: required certifications and education clear objective relative experience impressive achievements
- 8. An efficient and free way to screen even more applicants is with Email Screening. It also helps to measure an applicants written communication skills, the ability to follow directions, and how committed they are to your business.
- 9. #hiregreatpeople 9 Create 3-5 open ended questions that can be answered within 100 words. Send your "move forward" applicants these questions via email and request a response within 72 hours.
- 10. #hiregreatpeople 10 HERE ARE THREE GREAT EMAIL QUESTIONS TO GET YOU STARTED. 1. Why do you want to work for our company? 2.What is your greatest weakness? 3. Why should we hire you over other applicants?
- 12. #hiregreatpeople 12 Your goal is to choose your top 3-5 applicants to advance to the next step. Spend no more than 5-10 minutes with each applicant.
- 13. #hiregreatpeople 13 Feel free to replace the phone screen with a Skype interview. This works great for applicants who will be required to use similar technology on the job.
- 14. REMEMBER to let them talk! Stick with the 80/20 rule. You ask the questions and they speak at least 80% of the time.
- 16. Many applicants are trained to pass the interview. A high quality pre-hire assessment uncovers the "true" person.
- 17. WERE NOT TALKING SOME CHEAP PERSONALITY TEST. We recommend TTI Success Insights. Extremely accurate and reliable. Also, 100% legally compliant, which means you can use them for hiring.
- 19. #hiregreatpeople 18 HAVE A PLAN. Come prepared with a list of interview questions that are specific to the job.
- 20. BE CONSISTENT. Ask each applicant the same questions. This will help with keeping the interview structured and eliminating personal biases.
- 21. #hiregreatpeople 20 TAKE NOTES. You're not going to remember everything each applicant says so make sure to write it down. Good or bad...it will come in handy when choosing the best candidate.
- 23. #hiregreatpeople 22 Do your due diligence and call at least three references. Perform a background check on your top candidate. Consider using a service like Goodhire.
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- 25. #hiregreatpeople 24 What is your single most critical challenge when it comes to hiring great people? Adam@RockstarWorkforce.com Shoot me an email and I'll be in touch.