TOP QUALITIES TO LOOK FOR WHILE HIRING A CANDIDATE

Jobs for freshers in India have increased by three folds in the past few years. No wonder, the number of applicants has also increased in a similar fashion.

If you are a hiring manager who is looking to hire freshers, you’d want them to have the exact set of skills that your organization needs.

To hire the exact candidate, you write a detailed job description, visit various Job websites for freshers, search through and find the best resumes on various online assessment platforms for freshers, check LinkedIn profiles and, eventually, you narrow down your list to the top candidates.

In a nutshell, by rolling out openings for freshers, you are actually inviting a pool of fresh talent. But are they really a good fit for your job opening?

The below tips will help you to gauge their skills;

1. Communication Skills:

Is the candidate able to speak what he wants to, with ease?

The best way to find out is by asking him questions that require brief answers.

A couple of examples of such questions could be:

“Tell me something about yourself” or “Why do you think you are a suitable fit for this job profile?”

As the candidate answers the questions, observe various factors that contribute towards his confidence and grip on the language. Observe how his eye contact is, is he rubbing his hands too often or look out for folded hands – all such gestures require your complete observation.

2. Positive attitude:

A positive attitude is closely linked to business professionalism. For entry level hiring, Positive attitude and enthusiasm for joining the organization is a must.

You can see it in the way a candidate carries himself. Also, his positive attitude will go into the organization (if he is hired) and will create a positive environment there as well.

Ask him about the company and observe his responses. It will give you a fair idea as to how much homework he has done, and how positive he is about making a career with your organization.

3. Cooperation/Teamwork:

The success of the project will only be as good as the team. And a team is built with team players, just like the ones you will hire.

One appropriate question to ask is: “Tell me about a time when you completed a group project during your college days”

Observe how articulate the candidate is about the group project. You can also ask him follow-up questions like how many members were there in your group and what your role in it was.

These questions will give you a fair idea as to how active the candidate is when it comes to participation.

To further gauge how well a candidate gels up with others, ask him:

“When do you prefer working independently and when do you enjoy working with a team?”

4. Goal-Oriented:

Only passion and enthusiasm aren’t enough to excel in a job role. A well-defined goal and a clear path should also be the key ingredients.

The candidate who you will gauge should have such a thought process.

Here are a few questions you can ask:

1. How do you measure your own success?

2. What are your short-term and long-term goals?

3. How will this job meet your career goals?

5. Flexibility:

This is a trait which shows how well an individual can adapt to the sudden challenges and still deliver the results.

Flexibility is the biggest factor that makes an employee survive even during extreme conditions like layoffs and economic downturns. So you as a hiring manager would like to have a candidate that doesn’t panic under tough situations and is flexible enough to adapt to changes.

Conclusion:

Hiring a suitable candidate takes way more efforts, both from your end and the candidate’s end. It costs a company a considerable amount of capital to hire a candidate. Your responsibility as a hiring manager should be to hire a candidate that sticks around with a company for a long time.

The above mentioned tips will really help you in your hiring struggles and will enable you to hire talented candidates.

Happy hiring!