Making the Hiring Decision

Now that you have taken the time to plan and conduct a thorough interviewing process, you are ready to make the selection decision. Because you have carefully analyzed the job, you will be able to screen out unqualified applicants quickly and select from the most qualified candidates.

Even with the extensive data you have, you may find it difficult to decide among the top two or three candidates. You may want to go through a rating and ranking process, assigning numerical measurements so you can “add up” the qualifications of each candidate and select the candidate with the highest rating.

1.  Ask some additional questions to make the final decision.

a. Accomplishments. What was really accomplished on previous ...

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