6 Tips for Interviewing and Hiring Former Employees

Whether you run your own small business or work in an HR department, if you’re involved in hiring at all, you’ve probably heard the term “boomerang candidate” recently.

As the name implies, a boomerang candidate is someone who has applied to work for a former employer. The typical boomerang candidate wasn’t fired for performance issues or personality clashes – they likely left their previous position under good terms.

5 Ways Not to Recruit on Twitter

Twitter can be an excellent tool for recruiting candidates, but the main stumbling block many recruiters face when using Twitter is that they treat it like any other social media platform instead of playing to its unique strengths.

Let’s take a look at some of the ways recruiters tend to go wrong when recruiting on Twitter, and most importantly – how to do it right!

How to Ensure Your Top Candidates Are Only Placed by Your Agency

Our star candidates are our bread and butter, which is why you need to do absolutely everything in your power to convince them that your agency is the one to place them throughout their entire career – not just their next job.

So what can you do to make sure your best candidates are placed by your agency and your agency only?

Recruitment Methods: What Will Work In 2019?

You have probably heard it a million times and read it across various platforms that the job market is on an ever-increasing rise. Assessment methods which worked a few years ago won’t be very effective today!

It is important to use the right methods and tools to build an efficient talent pool.

Job assessments or pre-employment assessments as they are also popularly known to serve this very purpose of finding the right talent.

How to create a recruitment plan that will actually improve your hiring

If you’re a recruiter hiring without a recruitment plan, things probably get really hectic sometimes. It’s not difficult to see how we can get lost between taking new job briefs, sourcing talent, conducting interviews, and coordinating offers for multiple vacancies.

Do you find yourself wishing you had more control over your hiring? The best way to ditch the stress is to put some time aside to evaluate your recruitment planning process.

How to Interview Candidates Effectively: 3 Simple Ways

Here are 2 interesting statistics:

Recent research has found that nearly three in four employers (74 percent) say they’ve hired the wrong person for a position.
According to Career Builder, a single bad hire can cost a company upwards of $50,000.

I rest my case.

More information: https://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/how-to-interview-candidates-effectively-3-simple-ways

HOW TO ATTRACT TOP TALENTS ONLINE

Attracting top talent for your business can often be a relatively challenging and intensive process. Finding the best and most qualified employees can make a huge difference in the overall success of any company. Therefore, while it can be an intimidating process, it is worth the extra effort to ensure that you are hiring the most qualified candidates.

The following information provides a closer look at effective methods that can help ensure your company is appealing to the top tier of the applicant pool.

More information: https://recruitmentjuice.com/blog/how-to-attract-top-talents-online/

Opening Doors: Implementing a Neurodivergent Friendly Recruitment Process

However, many employers worry that they aren’t equipped with enough knowledge to develop an efficient accessible hiring strategy and this is where the issue lies. Rezoomo.com‘s Joanne McDonagh and Brian Devane explain below why and how employers can help create a neurodivergent friendly approach to hiring.

Findings from a study carried out by Westminster ‘AchieveAbility’ commission for dyslexia and Neurodivergence (UK) found that 88% of neuroatypical candidates felt discouraged from applying for a job and for those that did apply 52% where left feeling discriminated against during the selection process.

More information: https://www.inhouserecruitment.co.uk/neurodiversity/

The Best Interview Questions to Ask to Determine Cultural Fit

You’ve found a promising candidate you’ll be interviewing soon. Their skills and experience seem to match exactly what you need for the role you’ve been working on. However, will this candidate fit into the company’s culture? On top of asking skills-based questions, you should be prepared to determine if the candidate would fit into your corporate culture too.

More information: https://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/the-best-interview-questions-to-ask-to-determine-cultural-fit