6. Making the offer Once you’ve gathered enough information and made your decision, there’s just one more step: making the offer. You need handle this final phase of the hiring process as carefully as the previous steps otherwise, you might lose the candidate or start the relationship on a shaky foundation. Here are 5Read more
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5. Reference checking and making your decision The obvious advantage of talking to someone who has worked with a your No 1 pick is that he or she can provide third-party information. Unfortunately, it’s not easy today to get references to open up. Job applicants have sued former employers for giving references they viewed as defamatory. Likewise, someRead more
4. Managing the interview Hiring a new employee takes a significant commitment of time and energy because you want to make sure the new addition is going to integrate smoothly with your team. On paper, a particular applicant may seem like an almost ideal match. But unless you’re disciplined and vigilant, you may be impressed by the wrong personRead more
2. Finding the right people…continued So your job adverts and social networking efforts are going ok and your candidate list is building and that’s great. But what if that approach doesn’t work and you need to enlist the expertise of a Recruitment Agency. Recruitment agencies vary enormously with some being professional outfits that addRead more
I’ve heard this so many times… No matter what your company’s product or service, your employees are your primary key to success. So why is the hiring of employees the last frontier for many business owners? Why do they avoid developing this critically important skill? In the end I think that the Team building processRead more
Systemize the routine – Humanize the exception Effective systems can save you and your team both time and money and frustration. The basic rule for systemising is ‘Systemize the routine – Humanize the exception’. Anything that can’t be systemised needs to be run by people. Always look at putting a system in place rather thanRead more
Every business needs a plan However its amazing how many business owners fail to even do the basics, I mean whats 1 day out of 365 to just sit down and think about what you intend to do for next 200 working days. Here are some of your excuses.. No time: A small business doesn’tRead more
For many businesses, core value statements are little more than vague statements that sound nice but bear little relation to way business is done. But that’s not that case in every business. For a number of Australian companies, such as software outfit Atlassian, online rental portal Rentoid and airline Virgin Blue, corporate value statements haveRead more