Resumes and interviews are unreliable, yet most companies continue to use these sources for information about job applicants. This training presents and details a more effective search system that uses tools and strategies from executive searches in private business.
Big River guides participants through a clear and consistent set of steps that reduces search time, allows for more reliable ranking and selection of candidates, uses more accurate interviewing techniques and promotes a better match between the employer’s needs and the eventual finalist.

Participants learn:       

• How to prepare for the search process, including the planning required to hire the best person and using a “roadmap” to guide the search
• How to assemble an interview team
• How to develop priorities, questions, rubrics and score sheets
• How to effectively screen applicants to select interviewees, including how to sort applicants and prescreening via email
• Questions to ask when checking references
• How to make the final selection and job offer
• Best practices of orientation, training and supervising new employees