Top 10 Recruitment & Interview Tips

At every step the goal is to have candidates deselect 'themselves', Saving YourSelf Time, Energy, Money & Stress (SYSTEMS).

Examples...

• If you wish an interview please send a hand written cover letter with your CV answering threes three questions???
• If you wish an interview please post a video to us on our social media account telling us XXX
• When you come for interview please present xxx …or, Be prepared for an applicable practical test

At every stage place yourself in your candidate’s shoes and make a connection; it's not about communicating, it's about connecting, which will allow you to always hire primarily on values… Never hire on skills alone at the expense of values. In BUSINESS ACADEMY we step by step help define your company values 'with your team' to create your best hiring criteria and marketing messages.

Let your creative juices flow to help you stand out in your advertising and in your follow up. The goal is to woo the right candidate that will add value and help drive the company toward its vision. Hiring is simply Marketing and Marketing is the biggest area of innovation that you can influence in your business.

Plan who your 'target applicants' are using BUSINESS ACADEMY Recruitment Planner or an alternative that considers, what the right media is for maximum visibility and implement multiple levels of screening so as not to waste time trolling through CV’s or interviewing under-qualified candidates.

Make sure that you're making an appropriate match by using NOVODISC Behavioural Profiler that will help you generate key questions for interview based on that unique individual’s behavioural profile and the behavioural characteristics required for the role.

Assess your short list of applicants using the BUSINESS ACADEMY Question Comparison Process or an alternative and never be afraid to get them to 'demonstrate' competence.

Interview your short list using BUSINESS ACADEMY Interview Ranking System, or an alternative and ensure each applicant demonstrates (performs / presents) the essentials of the position in real time and you're less likely to be surprised on their first day.

Stop talking and start listening... remembering that hearing is involuntary, where as listening is a key shill you must learn.

Lead with open questions (who, what, why, where when). Stop telling them about the position and asking if they agree!

By listening you can dig deep and find out more.

Pick from and use the BUSINESS ACADEMY question pool or create your own.

Use prepared hot button question from their behavioural profile. Your BUSINESS ACADEMY Coach can assist.

Please also remember, you can’t motivate someone as motivation is an intrinsic characteristic. However, you can hire self-motivated people and inspire them by challenging, influencing, engaging and incentivising them, in the full understanding of what they should expect from you, what you expect of them and how that is continually being measured.

Through Business Academy we have helped hundreds of companies with their hiring deselection process. In one example we hired a graduate student to focus on our social media. We briefly presented to over 60 students in class across two Universities who were about to graduate. We deliberately did not provide the MD's full contact details, informing them that the only way they would be eligible for an interview was if they made contact with him through social media, posting a video of themselves answering three questions we provided to them that day. Quite a few joined or followed me on social media with CV’s and notes, but only three students contacted the MD with Videos, two of whom deselected themselves through their own video content answers and the other got the job after interview… 60 Target market candidates to 1, through one simple action that cost nothing in terms of time and money...THINK DESELECTION SYSTEM.

Make sure you are hiring people that are smarter then you for the position, and by so doing you will prove that you are smarter than they.

N.B. The hiring / interview process does not finish until their probationary period ends!