Dr. Dohr’s Recommended
Practices for Successful Hiring
What else can you do to increase your success during the hiring process? Listed below are 11 practices I recommend to help you make better hiring decisions for your business.
- Conduct realistic job previews and set expectations with each candidate.
- Hire from pool of temp-to-hire, adjunct staff, interns, and part-time workers who are known quantities.
- Hire from current employee referrals.
- Create a realistic job description with a short list of critical competencies.
- Create a pay plan that coincides with No. 4.
- Allow team members to interview candidates.
- Hire from pool of current employees.
- Create a way for candidates to “sample” on-the-job experience.
- Use "job match" testing (learning ability, personality, career interest testing).
- Interview "new hires" to find out how to minimize new hire surprises in the future.
- Use thorough reference checking.