Fall hiring season is upon us. It's taking place at the same time as hockey Training Camps.
So here's the idea: combine hiring with Training Camps (whenever possible).
Have you got four or five real good candidates all vying for that one job? Bring them all in at the same time and put them to work for a day or two. Have your candidates job-shadow your best people (the ones with the best personalities and who would represent your organization best).
After a day or two, you would be in a very strong position to determine who would best serve and bring some strength and creativity to your workplace.
You can weed out the ones who LOOK good and really find the gems who ARE goodl.
If the Training Camp idea isn't possible, then how about making each candidate deliver a presentation, using the media of their choice, on why they should be the successful candidate. Make them deliver it to the manager and some of the staff they will be working with.
Stop thinking that interviews will suffice. Basing your hiring on people who can answer inane HR questions like, "tell me about a time your were forced to speak up and how that made you feel." Oh please make it stop.
If you want to find the really cool employees, the really creative thinkers, then stop using the same interview techniques as every other mediocre organization. Be creative and you will attract the creative.
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