Monthly Archives: May 2014

Many employers are now choosing to advertise their vacancies with recruitment agencies rather than do it themselves. Although the agency will obviously charge a fee for their services, there is many advantages to using one. Allowing an agency to source potential candidates for you will take the pressure off and free up your time to carry on with your daily job tasks.

A good recruitment agency will take a detailed description of the position that you require to be filled and then search through jobs boards and their own database of applicants to suggest some to you. If the quality of CV’s that you are receiving from them is not good enough, do not be sacred to tell them so as you are paying them for their services.  Once they have found some people that you think may be suitable, they should then carry out their own brief interview to run through their CV and explain the position on offer. After this process is complete the candidate is normally passed over to you to then carry out your own interview.

Once you have advertised a job and got some potential candidates, it’s time to start carrying out interviews to see who you want to offer the position to. Ideally interviews should be carried out quite close together to enable you to compare the applicants easily. First thing to do is create a generic set of questions and maybe a small task if needed that you will ask all of the interviewees. Next go through their CV and cover letter and highlight any areas that you want to discuss in detail with them. Make notes on the CV so you do not forget what it is you want to ask. Don’t forget to look at items like, how long have they been in previous jobs and why do they want to come and work at your company. It is very easy to get worried about carrying out interviews, but very often the applicant will be even more worried so it is imperative that you stay calm and collected and make sure that you are well prepared.