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For any recruitment agency one of the most crucial parts is making a job offer! A bad offer can make one loose the right applicant. While making a job offer, the employment consultant or company official has to have all required details in hand. By implementing an organized approach and following these effective tips increases your chances to hire the preferred candidate.
Assembling the required information about the candidate
While hiring any candidate, there are certain steps to be followed such as initial interviews, written tests, background checks, etc. Once a candidate proves his or her potential, only then a job is offered. Now, the company or respective consultant has to draft a letter (offer letter) that is send to the qualified professional. This letter makes a big impact about the company and its officials thus, it is very important to put in the following details in the offer letter:
Title or position offered to the employee
Brief description on job responsibilities
Name and title of the reporting person
List of credentials required at time of joining such as previous employment documents, qualification certificates, medical reports, relieving letter from previous employer, etc
Joining date and time.
Salary inclusive of incentives, bonuses and benefits such as insurance, etc
Working days /hours and other basic regulations
Once the offer letter has been given to the qualified candidate, make sure the HR professionals or recruitment consultants follow up with them twice to confirm the joining.
Art of making the offer
Besides, sending an offer letter it is the responsibility of the HR head or consultant or concerned higher official to make a telephonic offer to the qualified aspirant. Thus, reduces the risk of negligence (on both part preferred employee and company) and bring in a feel good factor about the company.
The tone of conversing with the candidate has to be polite and convincing as you do not want the official to refuse at the time of joining.
Supplementary considerations
With the rational investment of employees being the major foundation of competitive advantage for recruitment firms in the current knowledge-based economy, recruiting talent remains a challenge. The key to make a successful offer lies in the timeliness and way one interprets the entire process. Candidates looking for a job change perpetually attend many interviews and selects the best above all so consultants need to be fast and persuasive to approach them.
In addition, good offers not only has to reflect the merit of the applicant in terms of salary but, the job should provide a scope for development, good working circumstances and other attractive fringe benefits to make the candidate join the company.
