Recruitment Practices

While there is no way to guarantee a good hire, there are many recruitment practices that will help decrease the possibility of making a bad hire, found primarily in three main areas: the applicant pool, selection, and retention.
 
Applicant Pool:  Finding the right applicants can be a frustrating, costly, and overwhelming task.  Be sure you are making every effort possible for quality candidates to learn of your available positions.  Use online recruitment tools and offer an employee referral incentive to internal staff.  Attend job fairs that target your applicant market and treat rejected applicants with respect.
 
Selection:  “Hire hard, manage easy.”  The more time and effort spent selecting the right employee, the less amount of time spent managing him/her. Protect yourself from negligent hiring by doing background checks and drug test all potential candidates.  Use assessment tests to better understand applicant and current employee talent.  Provide succession planning to extend the survival of the company and always do reference checks, as history has a way of repeating itself. 
 
Retention:  Take the time to make new employees feel they are needed and important.  First impressions of a company and/or the newly hired position may set the tone for the employee’s career within your company.  Introduce new employees to the entire staff and/or department, depending on the size of your company.  Show them around the office; point out areas that may be culturally significant to the staff.  Take time to train and orient new employees and provide resources necessary for them to succeed.
 
PSM understands the need to attract and retain quality employees, offering online recruitment tools, drug testing, assessment tests, background checks, and a detailed review of your recruitment process.  For more information on the best recruitment practices for your company, please contact one of PSM’s Human Resources Consultants at 800-967-5515.