Your ability to hire the right people can make or break your company’s bottom line.

The perfect candidate on paper, or even the most articulate interviewee, often turns out to be the wrong person for the job. A bad hiring decision can cost you money, time, resources, customers – and even your company’s reputation.

Imagine if you could be sure the person sitting across from you in an interview would actually become one of your top-performing employees. There is simply no other management function more important to the health and profitability of your organization, than the ability to spot and hire the right people.

High Payoff Hiring is intended for anyone involved in the hiring process. You will learn how to establish a process that covers all the essential steps, from creating a solid job description to making an offer. Through interaction and skill practice, you will assess your current hiring needs, and learn how to fill them with top performers.

Part One

What You Will Do:
  • Evaluate your current hiring skills and the costs associated with your past hiring decisions.
  • Identify your selection criteria for current positions you have available.
  • Learn how to effectively create or update an existing job description.
  • Gain a clear understanding of the interview process, from screening resumes through the four parts of the interview.
  • Analyze the best questions to determine how the candidate will really perform within your organization.
  • Identify the most common hiring mistakes, and how to avoid them.
  • Learn how to effectively evaluate the candidates, and make an offer.
  • Set up systems for measuring your performance, setting goals and tracking progress.

    • An effective interview process will save you time, money, frustration, and resources. It will provide you with a critical tool you need to grow your business. Your company is only as strong as its weakest employee. Invest your time and energy into finding the right hires, and you will achieve the results you want through your greatest investment – your people.

    Part Two

    1. Evaluating the Process
  • Assess your current hiring skills.
  • Analyze costs involved in making hiring decisions.
  • Determine your selection criteria.

    • 2. Preparing for Effective Hiring
  • Create specifications through a job description.
  • Update or create a job description.
  • Determine the most effective ways to recruit qualified candidates.

    • 3. The Interview Process
  • Prepare for the process.
  • Identify positive and negative characteristics throughout the screening process.
  • Conduct a phone interview.
  • Prepare and set up successful interviews.
  • Discuss the four parts of the interview.
  • Identify basic interview questions.
  • Understand the importance of behavioral-based questioning.
  • Avoid common hiring mistakes.
  • Understand the legalities of hiring (if applicable).

    • 4. Making the Hiring Decision
  • Execute a second interview.
  • Understand the use of employment assessments to aid in your hiring decision.
  • Conduct reference checks.
  • Evaluate candidates and make an offer.

    • 5. Managing the Hiring Process
  • Identify cost-per-hire.
  • Write a personalized action plan.
  • Complete a performance plan to assist with professional growth and development.

    • Contact Us to learn how to register your group for this course, either standalone or as part of a package of courses.
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