Recruitment is a process that is undertaken by every organisation with the aim of filling vacant posts with people who possess the right skills and knowledge. The process of recruitment is a time-consuming process that also requires an organisation to put in resources to choose the ideal candidate. This implies that if the choice of the candidate goes wrong, the recruitment process fails and the time and resources go wasted. Therefore, it is required for hiring managers to be very cautious during the process so that errors of any kind can be avoided.
Hiring managers may often make mistakes when recruiting employees. The most common of these errors that must be avoided at all costs include:
• Not creating an accurate job description: A job description to be accurate needs to list more than just the roles that need to be performed. It should list the key responsibilities and must also describe the overall purpose of the role. Unless the job description is accurately formulated, it will fail to attract the right candidates.
• Not recruiting from within the organisation: Many times, hiring managers overlook the talent available within the organisation and do not consider internal recruitment. This is however a big mistake and must be avoided. Recruiting employees internally can be very beneficial as it saves the organisation the time, effort and money that goes into training new employees.
• Not considering people who are more qualified: This is a mistake that many hiring managers make, mostly because of their ego. They refrain from hiring employees who are more qualified than themselves. This results in the recruitment process going haywire.
• Not taking what is available: Many hiring managers keep on waiting to find the perfect candidate and in doing so lose out on some qualified candidates who can easily learn the tricks of the trade. This may sometimes result in the hiring of people who do not possess the requisite skills though they may possess the required qualification. Eventually, this results in the wring selection and failure of the recruitment process.
• Not asking relevant questions: Sometimes, hiring managers do not ask relevant questions during the interview which leads to the selection of wrong candidates. It is very important to decide on the questions that should be asked during the interview to ensure that only the perfect candidates get selected.
Once the hiring managers are able to avoid these mistakes, the recruitment process cannot go wrong.
