Recruiting an employee - Step 2: Who do you want?

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Recruiting the right employee for your business can take time and diligence. the ultimate aim for any business that wants to grow its workforce is to recruit employees effectively.

Here are the steps and the tips you need to recruit the right employee:

Who do you want?

Pinpoint the key tasks and aims of the role in a job description.

This should include the:

Main purpose of the job. Try and do this in one sentence. For example: 'To increase revenue from advertising on the company's website by 25%.'
Job's main tasks. Try to be precise. For example: 'Taking shorthand notes and typing company letters' is clearer than 'general office duties'.
Scope of the job. Say a little more about how important the job is and how it fits into the overall purpose of your business, and briefly explain other duties and responsibilities.
Profile the person who would be best suited to it in the person specification. This is a pen portrait of the ideal person you would like. In order not to discriminate against anyone, focus on:
Skills and knowledge - for example, managing current sales accounts
Experience - for example, a minimum of one year in website advertising sales
Aptitudes - for example, a head for figures
Personal qualities - for example, self-motivated and who judges performance by results.

You should spell out which attributes are essential for the job and which are desirable.

Legal check

You must not discriminate on grounds of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation or religion throughout the entire recruitment process -  going through job applications, selecting candidates for interview, offering a candidate the job, and agreeing their terms and conditions - and, of course, once you've employed them. For example, if a job candidate you have selected for an interview has said they have a disability, you must make any reasonable adjustments so they are not at a disadvantage.
It is a criminal offence to employ a person with no immigration authorisation to work in the UK.

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