Recruitment reality check
Greg Wyatt • Jul 20, 2021
Before you recruit your next critical vacancy, start with a 5 point reality check:
1/ Is your documentation accurate and representative of what the job does and achieves?
2/ Can you show what good actually looks like in a candidate?
3/ Have you established which routes to market will get you the best candidates?
4/ Will your recruitment process pull the right candidates forward rather than push them away?
5/ Are your package/working arrangements good enough to attract the person you hope to employ?
You’ll need objectivity and insight to say yes to each.
If you worry any of them is a no, then they most certainly are. Take action now or you’ll reduce your odds of the right hire.
The danger is that you don’t know what you don’t know.
A reasonable start is to have the hiring manager collaborate with their boss and HR to audit what you have robustly.
If you can’t find the wherewithal to say yes to each point, you need external help.
If you plan to use an agency and trust their expertise, involve them before you sign off on the vacancy. Use their market insight well and your job will be easier.
If you don’t trust their expertise, we can talk.
Negotiate this, pt 6
Negotiate this, pt 5
