Recruiting the right employees can have an enormous impact on business success. Hiring the best person for the job requires planning, preparation and organisation. Focus on your current requirements and future goals to identify the skills you need employees to have.
Effective recruitment procedures build from this, helping you find and attract the right candidates. If you get it right, it is less likely that you will be faced with problems such as: high labour turnover, absenteeism, low morale and possible disciplinary problems.
You will need to define what you want so start by setting out the job by way of a description and the capabilities the person needs to do the job, the person specification and decide what to pay. Some of the considerations are set out in the next section.