How Do I Properly Fill Each Chair at Work?

Getting your work or office chairs filled with the right employees takes time and commitment.  So, just how do you or the person or persons heading up your human resources department go about getting the right people in the right chairs to begin with?

You’ll want to advertise it right, get the interviews going, and finally come to a decision on the right hires.  Always have a small pool of candidates to pull from, less than four is usually too few and more than six to ten is typically too many for a single open position. This keeps your interview time down and gives you back-up candidates in waiting should the new hire not work out.
 
Advertising for Employees
The Small Business Association gives great tips on how to advertise for employees the right way.

Some of these tips include completely giving an accurate job description so that candidates know what is in store for them. Always know what the compensation will be, many times the business owner has no idea what to compensate an employee.

Determine this through mandatory benefits, any voluntary benefits given, and at least a minimum wage. Advertise the job in the community and online, through your social media and through job sites. This will give you a well-rounded pool of candidates.

Tips on Getting the Right Employee
When you are just starting out with a new business, you’re going to want to hire qualified candidates that will need very little, if any, training.

A new small business doesn’t have the budget or training funds to work with unqualified workers. Find a candidate that has great initiative and drive, you want someone that is going to be a go-getter. This new hire could take on smaller projects to help the company that are not in their job description for small bonuses rather than the company hire-out for a higher price.

Have a checklist near you of what you want in a candidate, and as you go over their application, check off what that candidate has that you have in the checklist. Then you can go through and sort the candidate based on the highest number of marks.

Employee Red Flags
There are quite a few red flags you can see at the interview stage that may suggest to you to look further for a new team member. Some of these include:

• Bad mouths former job/former boss at the interview stage
• When asked about flaws in the interview process, can’t determine any
• Is dressed unfitting for a job interview
• Checks phone or watch while being interviewed, signals that the job isn’t a priority

Other warning signs caught early may include:

• Has several jobs in the past year, signals a failure to commit to work
• Has items misspelled or incorrect on the job form
• Has failed to include vital aspects of the application, such as education, contact information, or references
• Doesn’t have references, or has references that are short-known which signals they may not have ties to the community

Hiring an employee is more complicated than just calling the first application you receive.

You’ll want to try to narrow it down to the best possible candidates for the position and one that is right for the job. The right hire is one that fulfills all the job requirements and comes in as a seamless fit into the company. Read more about hiring tips…

Guest post provided by Tina Samuels who writes on many small business and HR topics, including business management.