Today's poll deals with how to handle a tradition of cronyism. Your Dilemma: You've recently been hired as the vice-president in charge of recruitment for a medium-sized firm, and part of your job is to screen and select applicants for the company's coveted summer internships. There are...
Use this template to inform the candidate who have interviewed in your organization that there was tough competition among all the candidates and the position has been filled with the most qualified applicant.
Use this template to inform the applicant that you are not able to offer an interview for the employment at this time but at the same time to inform the applicant that you will retain the application in the file and will contact whenever possible.
This template is used to inform the applicant that you have received the resume and passed it to your colleague who will be review the resume and get in touch with the applicant shortly.
This template is used to inform the applicant that you have received the resume and your company will take action on it and get in touch with the applicant within due coarse.
The Job Posting policy of the company is to promote from within to fill vacancies. Vacancies will be posted for 48 hours. Certain criteria need to be met in order for a current employee to apply for the opening. Criteria is listed in the posting. If no applicants are considered...
This Verification of Previous Employment form is used to gather information about an applicant's previous employment history and contacts. It documents who was called, the contact phone number, and pertinent questions, such as length of previous employment, position held, title, reason for leaving, and whether the previous employer would consider...
When you walk into an interview, remember this: It only takes 30 seconds to make a lasting impression. Research has shown that the first impression you make on an interviewer really sticks. In one study, untrained subjects were shown 20- to 32-second videotaped segments of job applicants greeting their interviewers....
At companies like Google, Starbucks, and FedEx, talent scouts have unique ways to identify the very best hires Google: The Talent Show At its offices all over the world, Google holds events designed to help the company connect with local talent. One,...
Over the past decade, personality measures have increased in popularity as predictors of performance. With this increased use have come concerns about the "fakability" of personality inventories. Specifically, because most personality inventories are relatively transparent, concerns have been raised about the extent to which job applicants answer them honestly. This...
From the executive summary: ‘In the past, some employment applications and interviews requested information about an applicant's physical or mental condition. The information was often used to exclude applicants with disabilities before their ability to perform the job was even evaluated. It was observed that applicants were often asked...
One challenging part of the hiring process is informing an applicant that he or she will not be getting the job. This template contains a letter that you can customize and send to an unsuccessful applicant. The rejection letter should honestly inform the applicant about the prospects for future consideration...
The template in this paper contains a form that is designed to help you document a thorough background check on any applicant you may wish to hire. It's important to do a background check to make sure you get the right employee and to make sure that the applicant has...
This paper contains a sample interview script that you can easily adapt for your own business. Note that the interview process is divided into two parts. In the first part, the information gathering stage, you obtain information about the applicant. In the second stage, you let the applicant know about...
You need to know as much about prospective job applicants as possible. That's where the pre-employment questionnaire comes in. You can learn before interviewing applicants whether or not they are flexible, comfortable with change, competent, ethical, etc. You can either mail prospective applicants this form or e-mail it. And you...
This template will help your company engage job applicants in a thorough interview process. It also helps you track and evaluate each applicant to ensure that even the ones interviewed early in the game don't slip away.