Specialist logistics executive search agency BiS-Henderson understands that the interview process needs to be streamlined and effective. Candidates arriving for interview will already have been interviewed by BiS-Henderson’s logistics recruitment consultants to ensure that they have the right qualifications and suitable personalities for the post.
Interview time can be better spent identifying what a candidate could be doing during the first weeks and months of starting, without having to ascertain that (s)he understands what the job is and that they can do
the routine aspects of it. This becomes increasingly important at senior management and executive levels, where learning ‘on the job’ is simply not practical.
Qualifications are a basic part of the candidate’s application. These need to be checked and ratified with the issuing bodies concerned. The checks themselves are straightforward and routine, but they take time to carry out. Before interviewing starts in earnest, these most basic of screening processes need to have been completed: BiS-Henderson ensures that it is a pre-condition of the short-listing process.
What matters for the hiring organisation or business is to establish an initial overview of what skills set the role will require. Time spent on this is time well spent: this is the opportunity for management to define what experience is considered relevant (and, more importantly, what is not relevant, too). A candidate’s location or availability for relocation in case of top levels of management can also be discussed.
The style and personality of the ideal candidate is very hard to put into words, but management needs to make some meaningful distinctions to avoid misunderstandings. Likewise, the financial expectations of both sides need to be clear at the outset, for obvious reasons.
From the initial profile agreed with the client, Bis-Henderson logistics recruitment consultants will assemble a list of potential candidates that fit these requirements. These people will be asked for an up to date CV and undergo a preliminary interview with the BiS Henderson consultant before being presented to the client.
The purpose of this initial interview is to establish and confirm that the candidate matches all the client’s requirements: this is a two-way process, since the position has to suit both the client and the candidate.
Referees will be discussed and may be contacted before the candidate meets the client.
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