With the downturn in the economy, it’s hard to justify paying for outsourcing your hiring activities. But, many are finding themselves doing the work of two or more people. For instance, a recent client was in the position of hiring for a short-term, entry-level position in their company. The vacancy created a flurry of over 100 applicant résumés applying for the position.
The client called Out of Chaos. We assisted this busy manager with organizing her tasks and creating a prioritized action plan. It was clear early in our process that activities relating to hiring personnel were not this manager’s expertise.
In consultation with Sandra Reder, Managing Partner of Vertical Bridge Corporate Consulting, the following steps in the hiring process can easily bog down the best of managers, especially if they are not in your area of expertise:
- Place the advertisement on various job boards, websites, and possibly in print media.
- Receive résumés. These days you can receive anywhere from 75 to 150 résumés for one position!
- Screen résumés and create a shortened list of suitable candidates.
- Pre-qualify the short-listed candidates to see how they communicate and confirm basic details about them.
- Do a more in-depth screening on the phone to learn about their past work experience before for face-to-face interviews.
“Overall this can take one person well over 20 hours of their time. This is based on 75 résumés if there are more, then time will obviously go up.”
What is your time worth? Consider the value of outsourcing hiring-related activities to the experts and free yourself up to focus on your core business. If you need to get organized and set up some standardized business processes, contact Out of Chaos.
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