Recruitment and New Starters
It all starts with recruitment. Effective recruitment is central to the success of any organisation. It is about finding people with the necessary skills, expertise and qualifications (and attitude) to help you deliver your organisational objectives. The final stage is bringing on the new starter; making sure you get them on board, and they can contribute as soon as possible. This section covers recruitment and the new starter process.
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Good recruitment decisions will support your business. Poor recruitment decisions can be costly in terms of time, money and wasted opportunity.
Unfortunately, there are no guarantees when it comes to recruitment. Ultimately, until someone starts working for you, you will not be 100% sure if they are right for your organisation. However, there are things you can do to give you a much better chance of making the right recruitment decisions.
The starting point is to have a good recruitment policy and procedure / process. This will also help protect you against potential liability if someone challenges your recruitment decision.
Remember that your obligations as an employer begin with the recruitment process even before you employ someone.
A good recruitment process will save you time as you will be prepared and know exactly what you are doing (e.g. sourcing candidates, interviews, testing candidates etc) and act consistently with candidates. These will help you make the right recruitment decisions.
Once you have recruited your new employee, you need to make sure that you introduce them to the business in the correct way. This is about everything from offering them the position and providing and collecting the right documentation, through to effective induction so that they can contribute and settle in as quickly as possible.
