Recruitment and selection

Hire the right person for the job by developing a clear and practical recruitment and selection plan.

Contact us and MatchWorks will put your recruitment strategy into action.

Identify your goals

• Identify the goals and expected outcomes the new position will bring to your business
• List the core roles and tasks you need your new team member to deliver
• Work out the current skills and experience you will need from the employee and what on-job training you may provide
• Determine your company culture to understand the type of person who will best fit into your existing team.

Finalise the job role and tasks

• Create a position description
  • Business Victoria – Write job descriptions and ads
• Identify award rates and conditions for your industry to develop the salary package you will offer. Get these from the Fair Work Ombudsman:
  • www.fairwork.gov.au
• Research similar jobs on offer to work out the best means to target your position to the right job seeker.

Promote your job vacancy

• Decide where you will advertise the job. Will you find the right job seeker via online advertising, via your social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn, or should you advertise in your local newspapers?
• Work out for how long you will advertise the job and set a cut-off date for applications.

Select the right person

• Develop selection criteria and place weightings against each criterion to help shortlist candidates
• Determine how many people you wish to interview
• Prepare a list of interview questions. Pre-screening and interview questions should link with the position description.
  • Interview question template
  • Phone screen template
• Decide where to hold the interviews and who will be part of the interview panel. You’re welcome to use your local MatchWorks offices for job interviews
• Ask for and check your preferred candidate’s references
  • Reference check template

Make the job offer

• Choose a good time to phone your successful applicant so you aren’t likely to be rushed or interrupted while speaking with them
• Clearly outline the pay and benefits you are offering
• If they don’t accept the offer straight away, get a commitment from them as to when they will contact you with a final decision
• Finally, follow up your phone call by putting all you have stated in writing either as an email or letter.

Contact us  and we’ll help implement your recruitment and selection plan.

Other resources

In addition, various State and Federal Government agencies have resources to help prepare a recruitment and selection plan:

• Business Victoria Staff Recruitment checklist
• Business Queensland – Employing people
• Western Australia Small Business Development Corporation – Employing staff
• Northern Territory Government – Managing your staff: Workforce planning