2. What to do?How to do it! 5 Steps to Effective Hiring

3. The average employee is by definition AVERAGE 5 Steps to Effective Hiring

4. Know what you need Understand what you have to offer Cast a broad net with a narrow focus Leverage multiple methods and opinions Trust, but verify 5 Steps to Effective Hiring

5. Know what you need 5 Steps to Effective Hiring

6. Know what you need 5 Steps to Effective Hiring Criteria for success Experience Behaviors Physical requirements Cognitive capabilities

7. Know what you need 5 Steps to Effective Hiring Experience Work experience Specific licenses Accreditations Education

8. Know what you need 5 Steps to Effective Hiring Behaviors Willingness to learn Life skills: punctuality, honesty, adaptability, follow- through People skills: getting along, communications, listening Results orientation, culture fit, self-management

9. Hire behaviors Train skills

10. Know what you need 5 Steps to Effective Hiring Physical requirements Kinesthetic activities Senses – hearing, seeing, tasting Concentration

11. Know what you need 5 Steps to Effective Hiring Cognitive capabilities Analytic Structured Intuitive Creative

12. If you want smart employees Hire smart people

13. If you have to compromise, do so on experience NOT behaviors and cognitive capabilities

14. Know what you need Understand what you have to offer Cast a broad net with a narrow focus Leverage multiple methods and opinions Trust, but verify 5 Steps to Effective Hiring

15. Understand what you have to offer It’s more than Compensation and Benefits Broader experience Flexibility Family feel Mentoring Special perqs

16. Know what you need Understand what you have to offer Cast a broad net with a narrow focus Leverage multiple methods and opinions Trust, but verify 5 Steps to Effective Hiring

17. Where do most smaller employers find employees? Family Friends Referrals from family and friends Cast a broad net with a narrow focus

18. 5 Steps to Effective Hiring Cast a broad net with a narrow focus To move beyond family and friends try: Colleges and high schools Technical schools LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Craig’s List Newspapers, radio, TV

19. Know what you need Understand what you have to offer Cast a broad net with a narrow focus Leverage multiple methods and opinions Trust, but verify 5 Steps to Effective Hiring

20. Methods: Interviews Resume interview Behavioral interview Case Telephone, one-on-one, group/panel Leverage multiple methods and opinions

21. 5 Steps to Effective Hiring Methods: Assessments Many different kinds Behavioral Personality Aptitudes Be careful when you are choosing Seek good counsel Leverage multiple methods and opinions

22. 5 Steps to Effective Hiring Methods: Simulations & Trial Employment Do the actual work of the job Enter data Type something Teach a lesson Explain how they would do the work Temp to hire or hire (VEC) Leverage multiple methods and opinions

23. 5 Steps to Effective Hiring Leverage multiple opinions Have at least two people involved in the process Hiring manager can still make the final decision Leverage multiple methods and opinions

24. Know what you need Understand what you have to offer Cast a broad net with a narrow focus Leverage multiple methods and opinions Trust, but verify 5 Steps to Effective Hiring

25. Shocking and sad how many people falsify resume information Call former employers Call references but get to the second level Verify degrees Conduct background checks Conduct drug tests Trust, but verify

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