{"id":33303,"date":"2016-12-12T16:15:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T00:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/?p=33303"},"modified":"2020-03-10T10:08:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T17:08:40","slug":"teamwork-counts-how-to-set-up-a-hiring-team-for-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/teamwork-counts-how-to-set-up-a-hiring-team-for-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Teamwork counts: How To Set Up a Hiring Team For Success"},"content":{"rendered":"
Thinking about making some great hires in 2017? Me too.<\/span><\/p>\n Of course, as Head of Talent<\/a> here at SmartRecruiters, I do have an edge \u2013 access to next-generation tools<\/a> to streamline my recruiting and hiring processes. But technology alone won\u2019t help if I’m not\u00a0following some fundamental best practices for collaborative hiring<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n In my last post, \u201cMaking The Right Hire: Our Best Practices Should Be Yours<\/a><\/span>,\u201d I discussed a few of the best practices we published in our new whitepaper, \u201c<\/span>Making the Best Hire<\/a><\/strong>.\u201d Here are some more ideas to consider as you ramp up for next year \u2013 setting up effective hiring teams.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hopefully you\u2019ve followed the approach I outlined in my last post<\/a>, and now have a flow of candidates for the job you\u2019re filling. Each will need to be evaluated on a wide variety of criteria, some based on how a candidate might fit into your culture, and others based on skills and proficiencies.<\/span><\/p>\n That takes teamwork. So for each job you\u2019re filling, you\u2019ll need a team to make these evaluations, assess candidates, and collaborate to make a decision. The more collaborative your process, the more successful you\u2019ll be<\/strong> \u2013 not only at acquiring great talent, but doing so as quickly and as cost-effectively as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n Your hiring team will include:<\/span><\/p>\n Each team will be unique for each job to be filled, but consistency is important. For example, one best practice I always follow at SmartRecruiters is to make sure that anyone who interviews candidates be trained in interview skills<\/strong> \u2013 and that we use scorecards<\/a> to standardize assessments. Without standards set in advance, interviews lead to results that can\u2019t easily be interpreted. That cause delays and leaves candidates frustrated.<\/span><\/p>\n Although you\u2019ve determined skills necessary for each position, some skills are more important than others, so you need to weigh each one differently.<\/span><\/p>\n For example, you might expect a sales manager to be exceedingly adept at using Salesforce and at collaboration using tools such as Google Docs, Google Calendar, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n Which is more essential? Now, it\u2019s not my area of expertise, but someone who knows Salesforce well and has worked only with Microsoft Office would be way more valuable than a candidate who knows how to use Google’s suite of tools, but not nearly as much about the nuances of using Salesforce. Skills that can take years to master should be weighed more heavily<\/strong> than those that can be easily learned in a much shorter time.<\/span><\/p>\n As your team interviews candidates, be sure that each team member focuses on specific skills or traits. After all, you don\u2019t want candidates answering the same questions over and over.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Yes, teamwork counts if you want to acquire top talent. You\u2019ll find an outline for success in our new whitepaper, \u201c<\/span>Making the Best Hire<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span>\u201d Best wishes for a successful 2017!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thinking about making some great hires in 2017? Me too. Of course, as Head of Talent here at SmartRecruiters, I do have an edge \u2013 access to next-generation tools to streamline my recruiting and hiring processes. But technology alone won\u2019t help if I’m not\u00a0following some fundamental best practices for collaborative hiring. In my last post, […]","protected":false},"author":304,"featured_media":33309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":""},"categories":[838],"tags":[],"series":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/collaboration.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Podcast-icon.jpg","download_link":false,"player_link":false,"audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/hiring-success-podcast\/id1472174987","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9oaXJpbmdzdWNjZXNzcG9kY2FzdC5jYXN0b3MuY29tL2hpcmluZy1zdWNjZXNzLXBvZGNhc3Q","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"soundcloud":{"key":"soundcloud","url":"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/smartrecruiters\/sets\/hiring-success-podcast-1","label":"SoundCloud","class":"soundcloud","icon":"soundcloud.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3bM8YzLjM2G9qJXLBBySaB","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast","embedCode":"Acting as a team to make high-quality hires<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Not all skills are created equal<\/b><\/h2>\n
Teamwork counts: How To Set Up a Hiring Team For Success<\/a><\/blockquote>