As a small business owner and entrepreneur, we wear a lot of hats in our business. One that I don’t like wearing as much as the others is the role of hiring people. Thankfully, after 18 years, I’ve done it enough to nail down a process that works and a set of technology apps that make the task easier and the end result (a great new member of my team) more repeatable. In this episode, I go over my process and the tech stack that I use and hopefully you’ll get some ideas on how to improve your own hiring processes to find your next superstar team member.
01:49 Today’s episode talks about how to leverage technology in your hiring process
03:45 Hiring extremely slow
05:20 Creating a great job description
06:01 Importance of putting the right Job Title
09:12 Putting the location, full-time/part-time and experience level requirements
09:45 Listing the top 3 qualities you are looking for
10:11 Lay out the expectations of the job
10:48 Be more specific in duties and responsibilities section
11:30 The “Nice to have” section
12:08 Wrapping up the description with talking more about the company
12:42 Posting and advertising it across the board
13:20 Getting an Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
21:30 Doing indirect tests
23:43 Face-to-face Interview
26:20 Undergo background checks and personality testing
32:05 The last step is the offer
Thanks for listening and checking out the show notes, any feedback, comments, or questions, send me an email at david@techsmartboss.com
Great points on how ATS can be a great tool in the hiring process. Plum is a great software to add onto different ATS and it can help remove the struggle of finding your next best employee. Here is a link which talks about how resumes can fail, and why personality trait tests are important -> https://techsmartboss.com/blog/podcast-episode53/