Hiring the Right Person For Your Business

Hiring the right person for the job is an important step of expanding your business, more so if the job demands greater experience. So how do you go about hiring the “right” person for the job?

The interview process should be the last step in the hiring process, not the first. Before considering hiring you must consider if it is something your business requires.

Considering the following and remember that these steps are just as important as the interview process.

• What is your need for hiring a new person for your business?
  Is hiring a new person necessary? Have you properly utilised your current staffs? Can your business support a new employee?
• Job Analysis
  Make sure you are aware of job functions for the new job.
• Write the job description for the new job
• Determine the salary for the job
  Is the salary comparable and proportional with the salaries and responsibilities of other positions inside your company as well as similar positions out in the marketplace?
• Where will you look for applicants for the job?
  What are the recruitment techniques to be used? Newspapers? Online job search websites?
• Filter through job applications
  Once you have a few applications, collect and review them and select the most qualified applicant for further consideration.
• Interview applicant
• Checking references.

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