Here are ways to include your team in the hiring process.

1. 3 WAYS TO INCLUDE YOUR TEAM IN
THE HIRING PROCESS
Tips, suggestions, and inspiration from GennGlobal

3. INTRODUCTION
 When beginning the hiring process for a vacant
position, remember that you don’t have to make
hiring decisions entirely by yourself.
 Instead, consider including your team in the hiring
process.
 Including your team in this process can make the
entire process easier for everyone involved, and
could result in hiring candidates that fit very well
into your company.
 Next, we will discuss a few ways that your team
members can help you during the hiring process.

4. ASK YOUR TEAM WHAT THEY NEED
 You might ask how tasks will be shuffled around
and how the new hire will fit into this plan, or figure
out what skills your team desires to have so that
you can find a candidate who fills that role.
 Your team’s input about what they feel they need is
incredibly valuable. It is important to receive
feedback straight from your team about what they
believe they need to succeed, as they likely know
better than anyone else. However, it is also
important to consider your own point of view for
assessing your team’s needs.

6. HAVE YOUR SPECIALISTS WEIGH IN
 You probably have specialists, or team members with a
specific expertise. These team members can be
valuable during the hiring process because they can
provide an expert opinion on the skills of potential new
hires.
 One way to include these specialists is to seek out their
input about the competency of a job candidate related to
the specialists’ area of expertise. This might involve
reviewing cover letters, writing samples, or other
application materials and providing their expert opinion.
 This will give you a better idea of the candidate’s initial
starting level of ability and perhaps even room for
growth.

8. THE INTERVIEW AND COMPANY CULTURE
 Lastly, you can get your team members involved in the
actual interview.
 You might try splitting up your interview questions and
divide them between your team members.
 The benefit here is that you can see how the candidate
interacts with others (your team members) during the
interview—you can clearly focus on just this aspect,
instead of worrying about asking a follow-up question.
 Additionally, you can have your team get together
afterwards while the experience is fresh in everyone’s
mind and brainstorm together to gain a more complete
view of the candidate and how the interview went.