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Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Job Vacancies: Attracting the Perfect Candidate
An enormous pile of CVs to rifle through after a huge response to your job advertisement is all well and good, but how can you be sure that the owners of these CVs will actually have the skills required to do the job? How do you optimise the response to your advertisement so that you attract the perfect candidate?
Firstly, you must know exactly what the job entails. Knowing the title is not enough. If you want to attract the right candidate you have to produce a clear job description, detailing the position of the role within the company and expectations of the successful applicant.
Now ask yourself what your ideal candidate would be like. A person specification focuses on the skills, experience and qualifications that are needed for an individual to be successful. Consider what skills you are looking for in a candidate – would high academic grades be a good indicator of their suitability for the role or are soft skills more important?
When it comes to applicants’ experience, think about specific areas rather than the number of years they have acquired, as this will ensure that you don’t unintentionally eliminate those who have gained substantial experience in a shorter period of time than usual. A good indication of a candidate’s social skills and attitudes towards others is what their interests and achievements outside of work are, so asking for these details can also be useful.
Both the job description and person specification are of considerable value when using recruitment agencies, as the more information you are able to provide them with, the more successful they will be in putting forward suitable candidates for consideration. You can maximise the effectiveness of your agency by providing comprehensive job and person specifications so they fully understand your requirements.
Think about the level of response you would like to receive from your job advert. For junior or graduate positions it might be better to have a greater choice of candidates, whereas for senior and specialist positions it is often more beneficial to receive half a dozen excellent applications rather than hundreds of standard ones, which is where a recruitment agency can prove to be an essential resource.
After assessing the competition and getting an idea of what other positions you are contending with, you can word your job description or advertisement so that it stands out. Words such as ‘leading,’ ‘global,’ and ‘unrivalled’ will work well in giving your company greater appeal than others.
Finally, before you place the advert or contact your recruitment agency, imagine that you are the applicant and ask yourself whether or not the job is appealing. ‘Would I apply for this job if it were in my specialist area?’ Making sure you focus on the benefits for the candidate should help to attract the right people.
About the Author
NES is a leading global technical recruitment business providing professionally qualified contract staff to blue chip clients across the world in the oil and gas, infrastructure, rail, power and IT sectors. Founded in 1978, a committed workforce has facilitated the company's success and continues to ensure that NES experiences ongoing growth in terms of customers, geography and sector.
what is the nearest beach to the midlands where the sea is clear and the beach is clean?
it appears that all beaches near the midlands are filthy, travel 5 or 6 hours and the sea is beautiful and clear but working 2 jobs its hard to get away with the children and don't want to lose 2 of my precious holiday days to travelling to and from holiday destination, can anyone tell me where we can go that's within maybe a couple of hours by car of sheffield or derby, it doesn't have to be touristy as we are going for peace and quiet and quite happy to entertain ourselves on the beach all day. thanks :->
what is the nearest beach to the midlands where the sea is clear and the beach is clean?
I would recommend Bosworth Water Park it is a man made beach with lots to do such as Barbecue area, Sandy beach, Canoe hire, Sail hire, Angling. I have also included a link from a website that I use and this place is ranked 3rd so lots of people enjoy this beach and I also use this website because with over 11,000 fun things to do, GoThisPlace.com, is the UK's largest and most comprehensive attractions database. With over 150 categories split into four main headings of activities, nature, property and recreation; spanning such diverse types as theme parks to transport museums, beaches to botanical gardens, show caves to soft play areas. With advanced features including pictures, opening times, restrictions, prices, interactive comments and questions coupled with interactive maps and a unique simple natural language search technology, named Geo Text Search, makes organising a day out, long weekend or a well earned vacation anywhere within Britain and Ireland a doddle.
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Why You Should not be Scared of a Job Interview
Job interview is considered as a very challenging task by most of the job seekers. There is big fear factor, because of which, candidate get nervous at the time of interview, and ultimately it results in bad outcome. Successfully clearing job interview needs good preparation and good presence of mind. Job interview is the key factor from which companies judge candidates and make sure that the company is running in talented and safe hands. From this interview, employer get in to your mind and draws out your past, present and future. Therefore, if you are going without any strategy or preparation, then you will mess up the interview and it will affect your impression and overall career.
When you are going for the job interview, remember one important thing that you are preparing for the job interview and the interviewer is also preparing for taking your interview. In addition, to this the interviewer will plan some points and will try to test you every moment of the interview. The interviewer will try to trick you with various types of questions and you must prepare yourself for such tricky questions. Prepare for your answers. Put your answers based on the facts and your qualification. Because, the entire outcome from the interview is dependent on how you answer the questions and how smartly you justify yourself.
Always be ready to be able to say why you are looking for this job, why you want to do this job in this particular organization. Questions like what are your accomplishments, what are your skills, according to your previous supervisors, what you expect from this particular job are asked in interview. You must answer the questions honestly and in descriptive manner. Point out some examples by which you can describe your answers. Have detail study of examples you are going to point out. Cracking job interview requires some skills like how you build the rapport with your interviewer, as there is general tendency that we like the one with whom we like to talk.
Always prepare your material, files and other things before you face the interviewer. Bring more than two copy of your updated resume or CV. Bring two to three references, which will contribute to your overall impression. Job interview are not mere conversations, but in interview you share, present, get to know several things, which are related to you, and the job you are looking for. So you must come with all the information, necessary data and work samples, which will be beneficial to you in justifying your answers.
Try to collect and remember the company relevant issues. Prepare some questions to ask about the company role and related topics. Search for the company’s trade and research company policies. You can ask any doubts if you have any in your mind. Asking doubts is a good indication, which shows that you are really looking forward for this job.
To be dressed well is equally important. Making a first impression is half the battle won. Dress proficiently and at ease. Have a good combination of formals. Speak clearly and honestly. Be confident and alert. Have a positive mind set and show lot of energy and enthusiasm.
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