If you are hiring employees, the usual take on things is to try and match the person you want via assessing their skills an abilities as well as attitude and qualifications.

So you place an advert and put in the role and some Co details, then wait for the cover letters and resumes to arrive. In the final phase you wade through the applications (or pay an organisation to do it,) then get the likely few to attend an interview. It all takes time and time is money…

Consider a fresh approach, one that can turn the process around and give you a few ‘good’ applicants. Place an advert with minimal info, let them know the role and a few basics (really basic basics…) and invite them to send in a one page “response”, a question like… “tell us why this role would be of value to you?” can soon sort things out. From these responses you should be able to gauge if they have the determination for the role, the motivation to bother taking your “fresh approach”.

If nothing else it will save you a HEAP of time in assessing candidates the old way. If you get a lot of responses consider a group session where you outline the role further and hold 60 second interviews… That should sort things further for you! First impressions can (or should) be very telling.

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