As a recruitment officer, you have a very huge role to play in the company. Pick the wrong person for the job, and it can be costly for the business. Worse, it can bring down the reputation, track record, and even the brand of the organization down to the grave.

That is why, as much as possible, you should avoid any recruitment decision that is not only considered time-consuming, but also a total waste of money and energy. Here are some of them:

• Lengthy Interviews
A lot of recruitment officers think that interviewing an applicant for an hour or more allows them to derive as much information as they can. True, but that is a complete waste of time. After all, you don’t have to obtain a lot of personal information. Majority of them are already available from the applicant’s resume. Besides, isn’t it experience and education that truly count, not age and social status?

A lengthy interview will also take so much of your time that you might not be able to talk to more qualified applicants. In the process, you run the risk of losing them to another company.

• Very Delayed Job Offer
It’s definitely right to take some time when it comes to hiring applicants into the fold. However, that does not mean you have to take a lot of time to offer the job. At the very least, give yourself two weeks to come up with a decision whether to hire someone or not. Usually, applicants cannot wait for such a long time, especially if they are in dire need of a job.

• No Demonstration
It’s a complete waste of time to have the applicant go through three or more interviews and not give him or her an opportunity to showcase what he or she got. A skill demonstration is one of the best things you can do. You will never really know if the applicant has got what it takes to do the job right unless he or she is able to showcase his or her skills. Of course, it is understandable and possible there will be some errors. However, through demo, you can determine if the person is trainable or not or if he or she has some potential.

• Not Meeting the Demands of the Company
They say that human resource is the best asset a company can ever have. But no matter how talented an applicant can be, if he or she is not needed, the entire recruitment process is simply futile. Before you go through the entire recruitment process, make sure that you are clear of the objective – that is, meet the demand of the business by filling-in the gap.

Wide spectrum of jobs is available at our Hot Job Section
________________________________