How To Measure Up Prospective Employees During An Interview

One of the most difficult aspects of running a small business is not accounting or payroll

, or managing production schedules or service quotas. No, the most difficult part, especially these days with the numerous cumbersome regulations that govern such things, is the hiring process for prospective employees. It can be difficult, because an employer or a hiring representative needs to be able to assess and determine before the hire what qualities and abilities a worker brings to the company, and whether they would be a good fit for the job or not. This can be tough to accomplish with only a resume and a couple of interviews.

Worse yet, if the new hire does not work out for some reason, your small business needs to be extremely careful about how it process a potential discharge, or face compensatory and punitive litigation from that worker.

Here are a few ways in which you can attempt to protect your small business by reading cues in applicants to tell of they are right for the job in question.

Set Up A Probationary Period With Clear Guidelines And Benchmarks

One of the easiest ways to protect yourself and your company is to establish beforehand that any new hire is provisional until the completion of a previously established probationary period. This will help, especially if you set up clear and explicit guidelines for the benchmarks that the probationary employee must meet to establish his or her abilities and skill sets for the job.

Be As Descriptive About The Job And Its Requirements As Possible

Another way to head off disaster, especially in this new age of chronically high unemployment, is to be as detailed as you possibly can about the requirements of the job, and the skills that you are looking for in prospective employees. The sad fact is that unemployed people are blanketing every job opening with hundreds of resumes and CVs, and most are not even paying attention to what the job actually is.

Do Not Be Overly Impressed With Academic Credentials

Also, sadly, in this day and age a college degree simply is not what it used to be. Be extremely careful about applicants that have plenty of degrees but no practical work experience.

Be As Thorough As You Can When Checking References

And, the most important thing that you need to do is to be as thorough as possible when checking up on an applicant's references. Ask all of the questions that you are allowed to by law, confirm all dates of hire and cessation of work, and make note of any discrepancies.

How To Measure Up Prospective Employees During An Interview

By: Steve Schlagel

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