Recruitment Process
PROCESS FLOW – SUCCESSFUL EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT
1. Before starting to recruit
- Initial client briefing
- Understanding the business need
2. Defining what you want
- Vacancy specification
- Candidate specification
- Competencies and P.E.R. drafting
- Agreeing the brief
- Selecting media/target companies
3. Finding and shortlisting candidates
- Advertising and/or search
- Using a P.E.R.
- Structured interviews
- Psychometric assessment
- Consultant and Assessor reports
- Shortlist presentation
4. Client interview and decisions
- Further exercises/in-house interviews
- Evidence-based interviewing
- Decisions and reference checking
- Keeping candidates informed throughout
5. Settling in
- Beyond the ‘honeymoon’ phase
- Post-appointment review
