subject: Perfman HR: TEN STEPS TO EXCELLENT HIRES [print this page] TEN STEPS TO EXCELLENT HIRES TEN STEPS TO EXCELLENT HIRES
Harvey B. Mackay founded Mackay Envelope Company at the age of 26 and proceeded to build it into a $100 million company. The following ten step program for filling jobs is based on Mackay's own process for hiring executives.
1. Candidate is first interviewed by human resources.
2. Managers company-wide conduct follow-up interviews. These managers then compare notes and make recommendations.
3. Hiring manager meets with candidate for a 30-minute interview. Midway through, he or she asks for the name of a mentor or influential teacher who knows the candidate well and calls this person.
4. Hiring manager follows up with a 30-minute phone conversation to determine the candidate's ability to project and communicate by telephone.
5. Industry people who may have come into contact with the candidate are called.
6. Candidate is interviewed at home.
7. Hiring manager socializes with the candidate and his or her significant other at a concert, theater, or movie. This step is especially important for salespeople, who may be seeing customers socially.
8. Peers in noncompeting companies are briefly interviewed.
9. Hiring manager has a conversation with the in-house person who is most knowledgeable in the candidate's skill areacontroller, purchasing agent, or the like.
10. Company psychologist or human resources person is consulted.
This rigorous process not only yields staff members who are a good fitand who stay for yearsit also enforces a sense of pride among existing staff at being part of such a select company.
SOURCE: Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive (Reissue Edition) by Harvey B. Mackay (Collins, 2005).
