My four basic tips for successful recruitment

^{Authour: Fredrik Svenburg}

For me who works daily with recruitment and meets clients who need new skills for their department, it often becomes clear that the preparatory work is not fully worked out. In many cases, you want a unicorn that can come in and solve all the problems and some more. These people may exist, but are just like unicorns quite rare. My advice to these clients is that together we rewind the tape and think about what is critical for the role and what is more desirable. Whether you take the help of experts on recruitment or do all or part of the recruitment yourself, I want to give some tips to take note of. Here are my four steps to a successful recruitment!

Put the role in context and one why; Today people want to feel that the work is meaningful. Tell us what kind of organization you are, what you can offer, where you are going and want to develop and how the person you are looking for can contribute to this. Try to be truthful about the company's environment and gain both points and credibility by admitting challenges with the service, as well as the organization.

Reflect on: What professional experience is needed to achieve the goals of the role? What are the most important personal qualities to succeed in the role? No one is good at everything, knowledge you can acquire while personal qualities are often more constant. Focus on a maximum of five parts that are important to you and that can also serve as initial selection criteria later in the process. There are certainly more characteristics that play an important role but some are more critical. Think the same way with past professional experience.

Interview skills based: When you start interviewing for the job, ask all candidates the same thing so that you judge everyone against the same yardstick. Use your previously chosen criteria as an interview basis. You can't interview on "gut feeling" if you want to increase the possibility that it will be the right person to get the job. Do not hesitate to take help in the interview work of someone who can - read on, take a course or ask HR for help.

The process - have a clear plan; Keep track of all the steps and everyone involved in the recruitment process. Tell those who are applying for the job early on all the steps you plan, the time horizon and stick to them. Don't forget to keep all applicants up to date. This creates credibility - an incredibly important factor in recruiting. Credibility is underestimated when recruiting, I dare say it is crucial if someone takes the step and accepts your offer. If it is a tough competition situation for the candidates, your credibility is crucial for attracting the candidate to the role. A pleasant further effect is that your new colleague will probably stay in the role and develop together with you and the company!

Good luck - and don't hesitate to contact me if you want help!