You feel the pain and know the cost to your company of not filling a job vacancy but do you have:-

• Time to recruit a person
• Proven systems and procedures for recruitment
• Experience in interviewing
• Relevant and information gathering questions to ask when reference checking
• The training to know what questions you are allowed to ask and what you are not allowed to asked when interviewing.
• The experience and know how to find out how long a candidate will stay in your firm.
• A plan in place for the future, when this candidate leaves, or moves further up the ladder.
• A good gut feel, or do you prefer to work with systems and procedures to ensure the candidate is thoroughly checked.
• An eye for detail when it comes to evaluating CV’s.
• A good feel of the role you are recruiting – are you seeking experience or attitude.
• A plan for the future of this candidate and this role, can you see the big picture.
• The ability to write an ad that will attract the right candidate.
• A recruitment agency that listens, follows the same Recruitment process for every job, and can provide a three month candidate and recruitment guarantee.

Use this simple SPAIN method to evaluate your role.

• Situation – how will not filling this role affect your business
• Problems – what are the potential problems if you don’t find this person
• Analysis
• Implications on the organisation
• Need – what is the complete job specification