Know What You Want – The First Step To Effective Recruiting
This sounds like a rather obvious comment, but it is surprising how many companies go into the marketplace looking for a key hire with no written position description or no discussion among the decision makers regarding what this new or replacement person will look like. The lack of a clear understanding and agreement regarding the position may lead to numerous problems, including:
- Disagreement among decision makers
- Longer search time to find the right candidate
- Frustration among candidates
- Negative impact on company’s image in the marketplace
- Possibly worst of all, hiring the wrong person