The Hiring Process

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Onboarding in the Private Sector The hiring process in the private sector involves reviewing applications, selecting the right candidates to interview, testing the candidates, choosing between candidates to make the hiring decision and performing various pre-employment test and checks. There are many steps but the process of hiring can contribute to company success and profitability by adding to the value of the company’s culture and team. In the article The Hiring Process: How Employers Hire Employees, Susan Heathfield discusses the ten steps to make the hiring process successful. The first step is to identify the need for the position, the hiring must have a balance with the needs of the rest of the organization. The priority is to …show more content…

The need to decide who will participate in the selection of the employee and input. This is the key to success in hiring process. The next step is posting the position and let the employees in the company knows about the open position. This will give the employee a chance to compete with other candidates. After the posting is announce, the next on the list is to review the applications. The application review process will help the company to identify the most qualified to receive a phone interview. The purpose of the screening to save time and energy to eliminate candidates. After the application review and phone interview process, this should narrow down the field for the candidate that will be interviewing in person. The interviewer must notify the applicants that are no longer referred or further considered for the job. After the second interviews, the interviewer of the company can start the background and references check. The next step is to select the most qualified person for the job. The next two final steps are make an offer and negotiate the details of salary and start date. The last two steps are pretty much say what it is so no need for explanation (Heathfield, 2017). The article discussed a …show more content…

There are four areas that Google want you to concentrate on the interviews. The four areas are general cognitive ability, leadership, role-related knowledge and Googleyness. Google are very particulars with their software engineering candidates. It is important to understand the coding skills and expertise in the technical areas. Which include programming languages and the knowledge in the areas of algorithms and make sure that problem always should have a solution. Google also have advices for different roles. The advices that Google gives the interviewer the leverage of how to prepare for it. There are predict the future, plan, have a backup plan, explain, be data-driven, clarify, improve and practice (Google Careers, n.d.). The final private industry hiring process for Google is the decision. There are two steps to this process. The first process calls committee and executive review and the second process is Google offer. The hiring committees are made up of Googlers at various levels of the company that review the candidate packet, which will include interview feedback and scores, resume, references and any work samples that the applicant submitted. The hiring committees will help to make sure that they are holding true to their hiring standards. If the committee recommend to hire the applicant, the panel’s feedback will send to the senior

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