Monthly Archives: February 2021

You want to ensure that you vet any prospective employees as much as possible before offering them a job, as once you have employed them, it can be hard to get rid of them if they are not suitable. Ideally when looking for a candidate you want to give yourself time to process applications and carry out in depth interviews. This is your opportunity to get to find out a bit more about the applicant.  You should always ask for references and make sure you follow them up. Lots of employers forget to contact references but then find out there is an issue that has occurred before, which they weren’t aware of. IT may be that the applicant has asked you not to contact their references prior to offering them the job, especially if their reference is their current employer. If this is the case then you could offer them a job on a conditional basis that will be confirmed once all references have been completed.

Some employers set mini tasks for people to complete at an interview so they can see their skill set. For example, it could be that they are asked to write 200 words in a certain time frame.