PROFILE PERSONNEL

WISHES ALL CLIENTS A HAPPY NEW YEAR

MAY 2012 BE FILLED WITH SUCCESS & PROSPERITY!

The Profile Team welcomes back our clients to the hustle & bustle of the working world.  We trust that you have had an enjoyable Festive Season and are ready to take on 2012! 

Profile Personnel will continue providing our clients with service excellence during 2012; a cut above the rest.  Our team can assist you with your recruitment & selection of staff, any HR issues you might experience or any other query you might have!  Call us now on 043-726 0308.

Article taken from Recruitment & Selection – Honey Training & Facilitation.

Making the Hire – a Quick Guide

Tips and Tools

 Consider current employees

 Hire from outside your organization to bring in new outlooks, skills and experiences

 Know what kind of person you’re looking for to locate a good fit

 Remember that a person’s past job performance is the surest guide to future performance

 Remember that a good job fit = the right education + the right experience + a compatible personality

 Beware of the “just like me” trap – focus on the objective requirements of the job and the candidate’s qualifications

Tips for Screening CV’s

 Spend the least amount of your time on eliminating the least likely candidates and the greatest amount of your time carefully considering the most likely candidates

 Separate fluff from substance – get right to the core of the candidate’s accomplishments

 Avoid comparing candidates to each other – instead, compare each candidate to the higher performer candidate profile and look for a match

Tips for Conducting the Interview

 Control the situation – it’s your show

 Don’t buy first impressions – you may miss the real person

 Help interviewees feel at ease at the beginning of the interview – they’ll open up and talk more freely

 Follow the 80/20 rule – get the candidate to do 80% of the talking; the person asking questions and listening is the person who’s in control of the interview

 Ask questions purposefully

 Take notes – put candidates at ease by telling them you will be taking notes before you begin writing

 Don’t make assumptions – look for repeat patterns of behaviour to draw conclusions about the candidate