A guide to help you identify key characteristics of a top performer, help you to build the job description and provide you with important interviewing recommendations.

1. The
Essential
Guide to
Hiring the Right People

2. Step one:
Create a Profile
of your Ideal Candidate

3. Identify
your
top performer
Creating a Profile:

4. Which characteristics
do you want to emulate?
Creating a Profile:

5. What skills are
necessary?
Creating a Profile:

6. What level of education is required?
Creating a Profile:

7. Are there any job
specific critical
requirements?
Creating a Profile:

8. Create a Job Description
Step two:

9. Creating a Job Description:
Keep it broad!

10. Creating a Job Description:
Highlight the
minimum
requirements

11. Creating a Job Description:
Document key performance
indicators

12. Use Behavioral Interviewing
Step three:

13. Matches the Candidate with the Profile
Behavioral Interviewing:
Use your candidate profile to highlight
what skills are vital to the position
Create 2 – 3 questions for each skill or
competency you want to match

14. Uncovers Competencies and Deficiencies
Behavioral Interviewing:
Prepare your questions ahead of time
Decide what you can and cannot live with
or without
Use the same questions if you are
interviewing multiple candidates
Allow time for silence (10 – 15 seconds)
before restating the question
Score question responses closely after
the interview is concluded

15. Minimizes Costly Hiring Errors!
Behavioral Interviewing:
Temp to Perm
Earn the right to work
on a great team!

16. Create a
Post- Hiring
Evaluation
Step four:

17. Complete a 30 Day
check up.
Does your new
candidate meet your
expectations
Do they match your
desired profile
Post Hire Evaluation:

18. Have your candidate
complete a self
evaluation and
on-the-job survey.
Post Hire Evaluation:

19. Do your evaluation and their self evaluation match up?
Have a discussion. Set expectations.
Post-Hire Evaluation:

20. Hiring the Right People
makes work FUN
Keys to finding them

21. Time well spent:
They recognize the fact that if they are spending 40+ hours a
week working, it’s a good idea to like what they do for a living!
Characteristics of the “Right Candidate:

22. They get behind
the company’s
core mission and
make a plan to
consistently
deliver results.
Characteristics of the “Right Candidate:

23. They take the responsibility of their work seriously.
Characteristics of the “Right Candidate:

24. They feel good about
what they accomplish
each day!
Characteristics of the “Right Candidate:

25. Resources
Here are some additional links providing tips on how to hire the right people for your business:
ThinkEnergyGroup: How to Hire Top Performers
Aerotek: Behavioral Interviewing to Hire Top Performers
Top 10 Behavioral Interview Questions
SBA: Writing Effective Job Descriptions
Chron.Com: Building Strong Teamwork