WDCEP Overview | Entrepreneur Road Map
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This document provides tips for finding and hiring talent. It recommends using referrals, staffing firms, job boards, universities, and networking to find candidates. When reviewing applicants, it advises scanning resumes in less than 10 seconds and not requiring cover letters. Phone screens should evaluate first impressions, ask tough questions, and allow time for applicant questions. Interviews should include fact-finding, technical, behavioral, and hypothetical questions. Behavioral interviewing examines how candidates handled past situations. The ideal hire demonstrates consistency, confidence, and desirable skills during the assessment.
WDCEP Overview | Entrepreneur Road Map
- 1. Finding Talent Kristen Freeman Division Director Beacon Hill Associates A Division of Beacon Hill Staffing Group
- 2. HOW to find talent • Referrals • Create and harness your own referral network • Industry associations, networking events, alumni organizations, social media • LinkedIn • Employee referral programs • Post Ads • Craigslist, Idealist, Monster, CareerBuilder, HillZoo, Roll Call • Contact universities • Attend job fairs
- 3. HOW to find talent • Staffing Firms • Do the leg work for you • You only interview pre-screened, qualified applicants • Flexibility; temporary, temporary-to-hire, direct hire options • Understand Who & What You’re Looking For • Required v. Preferable Skills • Career path? Next step? • Define your expectations
- 4. Reviewing Applicants • NO Cover Letters • Require a writing sample • Writing test • Reviewing Resumes • Education, experience, skills/certifications, accomplishments • Decent layout, expression of skill set, follow requirements • LESS THAN 10 SECONDS
- 5. Phone Screen • First Impressions • Trust your gut • Ask Tough Questions • Why on a search? • Reasons for leaving past positions? • Salary history? • Allow Time For Questions From Your Applicant • Evaluates interest • Be candid
- 6. Interview Questions • Fact Finding • Technical • Behavioral-based • Hypothetical
- 7. Behavioral Interviewing “Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.” - Aldous Huxley •Example of a time when you used good judgment and logic in solving a problem •Tell me of a time when you motivated others •Example of a time when you set a goal and achieved it •Tell me of a recent situation when you dealt with an upset customer or coworker
- 8. Assessing the Interview • Consistency and confidence • Tone, inflection and delivery • Body language • Do you like the answers? • Intelligence, resilience, organizational skills, decision-making, problem solving, energy, competitiveness, goal orientation, relationship-building