6 Steps To Eliminate Lousy Applicants and Hire Great People

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6STEPS TOELIMINATELOUSYAPPLICANTS &

HIRE GREAT PEOPLE

RESUME SCREEN1

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Become a resume reviewing ninja andsave yourself a ton of time and anxietywith our simple double pass resumescreening process.

Become a resume reviewing ninja

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On your first pass look for spelling,grammar and formatting errorsand take no more than 15 secondsper resume.

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Become a resume reviewing ninja

APPLICANTRESUME

MOVE FORWARD

Create two folders in your email and labelone MOVE FORWARD and the other NOTINTERESTED.The resumes that don't make the cut get moved into NOT INTERESTED.

NOT INTERESTED

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On your second pass be morecritical and only move applicantsforward who have the following:

required certifications and education

clear objective

relative experience

impressive achievements

EMAIL SCREEN2

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An efficient and free wayto screen even moreapplicants is with EmailScreening. It also helpsto measure an applicantswritten communicationskills, the ability to followdirections, and howcommitted they are toyour business.

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Create 3-5 open ended questions thatcan be answered within 100 words.

Send your "move forward" applicantsthese questions via email and request aresponse within 72 hours.

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HERE ARE THREE GREAT EMAILQUESTIONS TO GET YOU STARTED.

1. Why do you want to work for our company?2.What is your greatest weakness?3. Why should we hire you over otherapplicants?

PHONE SCREEN3

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Y o u r g o a l i s t o c h o o s e y o u r t o p3 - 5 a p p l i c a n t s t o a d v a n c e t o t h en e x t s t e p .

S p e n d n o m o r e t h a n 5 - 1 0 m i n u t e sw i t h e a c h a p p l i c a n t .

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F e e l f r e e t o r e p l a c e t h e p h o n es c r e e n w i t h a S k y p e i n t e r v i e w .

T h i s w o r k s g r e a t f o r a p p l i c a n t s w h ow i l l b e r e q u i r e d t o u s e s i m i l a rt e c h n o l o g y o n t h e j o b .

REMEMBER to let themtalk! Stick with the 80/20rule.

You ask the questions andthey speak at least 80% ofthe time.

PRE-HIRE ASSESSMENT4

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Many applicants aretrained to “pass” theinterview.

A high quality pre-hireassessment uncoversthe "true" person.

WE’RE NOT TALKING SOME CHEAP PERSONALITY TEST.

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IN-PERSON INTERVIEW5

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H A V E A P L A N .

C o m e p r e p a r e d w i t h a l i s t o f i n t e r v i e w q u e s t i o n s t h a t a r es p e c i f i c t o t h e j o b .

BE CONSISTENT.

Ask each applicant the samequestions. This will help withkeeping the interviewstructured and eliminatingpersonal biases.

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T A K E N O T E S .

Y o u ' r e n o t g o i n g t o r e m e m b e r e v e r y t h i n g e a c h a p p l i c a n t s a y ss o m a k e s u r e t o w r i t e i t d o w n .

G o o d o r b a d . . . i t w i l l c o m e i nh a n d y w h e n c h o o s i n g t h e b e s tc a n d i d a t e .

BACKGROUND ANDREFERENCE CHECK6

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D o y o u r d u e d i l i g e n c e a n d c a l l a tl e a s t t h r e e r e f e r e n c e s .

P e r f o r m a b a c k g r o u n d c h e c k o ny o u r t o p c a n d i d a t e . C o n s i d e ru s i n g a s e r v i c e l i k e G o o d h i r e .

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What is your single most critical challengewhen it comes to hiring great people?

Adam@RockstarWorkforce.com

Shoot me an email and I'll be in touch.