5 Must-Know Tips for Hiring Managers

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5 Must-Know Tips for Hiring Managers

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• Vacancies.ae

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1. Be Aware of Ebbs and Flows

• Most industries have cycles, which means they
  experience both highs and lows. For example,
  theres a boom in construction during the summer
  months, but snowplow operators arent usually in
  high demand in the middle of July.
• Being aware of your firms ups and downs can help
  you prepare for hiring at particular times of the
  year. Understanding your hiring needs ahead of
  time will make the process easier by ensuring you
  can start the search well in advance, rather than
  being forced to scramble at the last minute and
  settle for less-than-ideal candidates.

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2. Dont Be Held Captive by Job Descriptions

• Job descriptions are no doubt important in the
  hiring process. You want to be sure the job
  description you postalong with the requirements
  and qualities of the ideal candidategive an
  accurate description of what the job entails and
  who would be a good fit for the role.
• But hiring managers sometimes get trapped into
  thinking that who they hire must exactly match
  the description on paper. That means they feel
  they must hire someone with five years of
  experience, even if a candidate who has just
  three years of experience would be a great fit
  for the role.
• Dont be beholden to the description allow
  yourself to consider candidates whose profiles
  differ from your perfect candidate.

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3. Have a Strategy

• Perhaps one of the biggest mistakes hiring
  managers make is going into the hiring process
  without a plan. They assume theyll simply know
  the right candidates when they see them. Poor
  hiring decisions often come out of this
  seat-of-the-pants methodology you may have a gut
  feeling that someone is a good candidate, but
  that doesnt necessarily mean the person is right
  for the role.
• Instead, devise a recruitment and hiring
  strategy that will allow you to make decisions
  based on measurable aspects of a candidates
  profile, such as past experience, soft skills,
  and personality traits.

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4. Pre-Screen and Test

• If your firm gets a lot of applications, it can
  be difficult to sift through them all. Weeding
  out candidates who are unqualified or
  inexperienced is easy enough, but it can become
  tedious. Worse, it can be difficult to narrow
  down the list of candidates once youve gotten
  rid of the obvious poor matches.
• Pre-screening and testing can help you match
  candidates more closely to the job before you
  decide to extend an interview offer. That can
  save you time and money, and it can help you make
  sure you get better interviewees for every
  position you need to fill.

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5. Partner with a Recruiter

• The hiring process is both time consuming and
  costly. It is also a bit risky You can post a
  great job description, pre-screen candidates, and
  still end up hiring a poor fit for your
  company. Partnering with a recruiter can help you
  avoid most of the pitfalls in the hiring process.
• Recruiters have access to a large pool of highly
  qualified candidates, both those who are actively
  looking for work and those who may not be
  searching right now. The recruiter also has
  expertise and access to the latest technology to
  help you find the best possible candidates to fit
  virtually any position in your firm.

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References

• http//www.dg.ca/blog/5-must-know-tips-for-hiring-
  managers
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