When it comes to recruitment you are probably making these two mistakes

Rather than beating around the bush (so to speak), let’s get straight to it. You’re just not being effective when it comes to recruiting personnel… 

Mistake number one: Inadequate interviewer prep

In an era of social media, candidate feedback has made it painfully obvious that most companies don’t spend enough time prepping interviewers to do their jobs well. When a candidate comes for an interview, they often spend their time in back-to-back sessions with prospective colleagues who have neither had the time to digest their resume, nor put sufficient thought into the questions they should be asking. The result: a dreadful candidate experience which can end up being exposed on social platforms; potentially creating a negative impression with future candidates. For heads of recruiting and employer branding, this makes it more imperative that interviewers understand how to effectively evaluate candidates, and increases the attractiveness of techniques like behavioural interviewing.

Mistake number two: Unconscious bias and discrimination