selection process guide
So, how to go about selecting who you’re going to invite in for an interview? It may be that you have a stack of applications and you simply do not have the time to interview them all. Here’s few tips to help you save time but ensure that you don’t miss out on that perfect person:
Firstly take out those that do not fit the bill. There may be quite a few of these depending on how you have gone about finding candidates – especially if you’ve used a non-specialist medium such as the generic online job boards.
Then separate out those that possess all your essential requirements – these are your A grade candidates and should be viewed in more detail first. You may decide that you have enough here to be going on with but you may well have none.
It is worth noting that the more specialist the role, then the less likely that someone is going to fit the bill exactly, so you might have to compromise slightly. For example, they might not have quite as much experience as you would like, but they have better relevant qualifications.
If you decide to look at other applicants that possess only some of your essential and / or desirable requirements, then giving each bit of experience, skill or qualification a value and then adding up the total on each CV could be a way of effectively reducing the volume. Putting this information into a table might help:
Candidate
Food degree
10 points
Bakery experience
10 points
Management experience
5 points
Retailer experience
5 points
Location
3 pointsTOTAL
Sarah
10
5
0
5
3
23
Muneer
10
5
5
5
0
25
Florina
5
10
5
5
3
28
Colin
10
10
5
0
3
28
Sophie
10
5
0
5
0
20
It may even be the case that someone has some valuable skills or experiences that you hadn’t even considered!After selecting those that you would like to interview, you should at least email those that aren’t right for the role to let them know that they have been unsuccessful. However, you should keep hold of the possible reserves, let them know that you are doing this and tell them that should anything come up in the future then you’ll be in touch – you never know, they’re not right for this particular role but they could be perfect for something else in the future.