When recruiting and hiring, there are bound to be mistakes. Knowing what to watch for, and planning carefully, will get you well on the way to hiring great people.

Let’s take a look at some of the common hiring mistakes.

Not being clear about what the position entails – including the objectives of the position. Make sure that when you are in that hiring interview, you set out the responsibilities, and the standards. It’s very important to mention the standards expected and set them out clearly, and how the job and the results are going to be measured.

Not being clear about the skills and experience required. Be clear in your own mind of what the required skills are and the experience. Continue reading →

When you need to fill a new job, or replace a person leaving an existing job, you can hire the first person who comes along, or you can be careful about it and make sure you have the right person for the job. The question is…how do you get the right person?

Putting on new employees isn’t a people problem. It’s a systems problem. If you have an effective system for recruiting and hiring employees, you won’t have people problems. Good recruiting and hiring costs time and money, and poor recruiting and hiring costs a lot more, and wastes a lot of time. They hurt the morale of the other employees. They make it hard, if not impossible, to get the results you need in order to achieve your strategic intent. Continue reading →

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Common Hiring Mistakes

When recruiting and hiring, there are bound to be mistakes. Knowing what to watch for, and planning carefully, will get you well on the way to hiring great people.

Recruiting and Hiring

When you need to fill a new job, or replace a person leaving an existing job, you can hire the first person who comes along, or you can be careful about it and make sure you have the right person for the job. The question is…how do you get the right person?

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