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Employing the Perfect Candidate

Finding the right employee for any job can be difficult. In order to ensure that you have employedthe right candidate there are a number of things that you must consider. Here are a few tips thatwill help you to narrow down your candidates and ensure that you employ the right person for your job:

• Make sure that the candidate can competently perform the job at hand. You should take thetime to check references and ensure that experience, education and skills are up to par.You need to ensure that the person you employ is compatible with the rest of your business. He or she should be able to get along well with other workers and help contribute to apeaceful working environment.

• Make sure that the candidate you employ is serious about the job offer. You want someonewho is going to stick with you for the long term and not simply use your business as astepping stone on their way to something better.

• You have to be sure that the candidate you employ is going to be satisfied with the salary youare offering. It is not uncommon for job candidates to negotiate salary but you want themto be able to work for what you are offering. You also want your new employee to feelvalued and perform his or her job properly and a satisfying salary will ensure this.

• Is this person happy with the job description? Do they like the hours that they are going to beworking? In order to keep a peaceful working environment your employees need to behappy. If they are not happy with an aspect of the job going in then you are likely to findyour hands full of problems after just a few weeks. Speak with potential applicants and findout if they are completely satisfied with the job offer. If someone is not going to be happyor begins asking you to change things before you even employ them, move on to the next candidate.

This article was written by All The Top Bananas, offering expert advice and an unrivaled selection of IT jobs in Cambridge and others throughout the UK.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Deepanshu Sethi .