Recruiting the right person for the right job
Recruiting is a long process and very time consuming. Selection of candidates for interview to making final decision of who is to be hired, will not guarantee the person is right for the position and you would normally realized when the person already on board. This normally led to either termination of employment or the person resign. You now have to go through the recruitment process again.
To avoid the hassle of recruiting, many firms use employment agencies to assist them to head hunt good candidates and you would have to pay a set of fee to the agent for this service. – Not cheap!
You must ensure that your agent is not one of those who just send you bunch of candidates for interview and hopefully you would employ one and get their fee. This is worst then doing the recruitment yourself as the candidate will not stay with your company for long and on top of that you have paid the agent for scanning through and selecting the best suit candidates for you to interview.
What are the cheapest options to get the right person for the right job?
It is encouraged to assess Curriculum Vitae sent in directly by people who see the opportunities in your company and would like to progress further and gain further experiences. These people seek employment opportunity with your firm normally have had done their research your firms. Your part is to hire them if you find them the right person for the vacancies available.
What characteristic a manager should have?
- Hard working,
- Target driven,
- Motivated and conscientious
- Enjoy working with others,
- Consistently meet set deadlines and budgets,
- Have sound managerial and mentoring skills
- Ability to identify areas of strengths and weaknesses of staff
- Enjoy developing strong relationships with clients
- Colleagues alike with good team spirit
- A determined person
How to find out more about the candidate?
To find out more about a candidate during interview, consider asking difficult questions to see how the candidate would react under pressure and unfamiliar territory and whether he/she can response comfortably and confidently.
Consider the following difficult questions listed below:
- What can you do for us that someone else cannot do?
- Why should we hire you?
- Tell me about yourself.
- What is your philosophy of management?
- How you are best managed?
- How has your early career or background influenced your progression and current management style?
- How has your management style changed in the last ten years?
- Do you prefer staff or line work? Why?
- What kind of salary are you worth and why?
- What are the most important rewards you expect in your career?
- What are your five biggest accomplishments in your present or last job? Your career?
- Why did you not do better in college?
- What mistakes have you made in your career? How did you fix them?
- What business, credit or character references can you give us?
- What qualifications do you have that make you think you will be successful in this business?
- In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our firm?
- How long would it take you to make a contribution to our firm?
- How long would you stay with us?
What to write in a vacancy advert?
An advert for an audit manager should state clearly the responsibilities the successful candidate is going to undertake and the candidate requirement for the position. This is to filter out “unwanted” applicants and save your time.
Please see an example of an advert for Audit Manager below.
- Be the first point of contact for the clients under a portfolio.
- To respond quickly and efficiently to clients’ needs and requests.
- keep clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the firm services.
- Ensure all assignments are completed within agreed budgets and keep the clients and partner informed of overruns.
- Plan staff assignments in order to give appropriate spread of experience.
- Ensure that the firm’s quality control procedures are adhered to.
- Provide overall support to Partners in relation to client matters, for example corresponding with HMRC and managing their enquiries.
- Work as part of the management team with other Managers within the firm, and provide support to the rest of the team.
- Train junior staff and monitor their progress, appraise, develop and motivate as appropriate and give suitable advice for further progress.
- Recognize business and sales opportunities and inform the Partner and the client when they arise.
- Establish a good working relationship with clients’ office at all levels of management to ensure a mutually beneficial relationship with our office.
- The ideal candidate should have minimum of three years managerial experienced including managing a portfolio of clients and willing to travel.
