Put Them “On the Job”: Once you’ve narrowed your list to the final three candidates, sit down with them and go through some scenarios they would face on the job. Show them a list of all the expectations for the job and make sure they read and agree with them. At this point, I like to send the candidate out with at least two of their future

“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” —STEVE JOBS

You can stay on top of this by having your dispatch center call each job to see how it went.

Five Guidelines for a Successful Employee Referral Program: 1. Make it easy and rewarding for your employees to refer their friends and colleagues. We created a website just for this purpose: work4a1.com. 2. Keep your employees informed about who and what the company is looking for. 3. Let employees know how and when the company will contact the

Facebook allows your company to target specific audiences by geography, demographics, and interests, you can also run job ads through Facebook. For example, if you’re an HVAC company in Denver looking for techs, you can target candidates within a specific radius of your business with your recruiting message. To increase your reach and generate more

Ask questions that help bring out their personality and professional demeanor. These are my top three: 1. Why should I hire you? 2. If I called your old boss, what would he or she tell me you need to work on? 3. How you would handle [insert situation]? (Make it a situational question that requires creative reasoning skills.) And here are five

The Morning Mojo Call For 20 minutes every morning, we have a team meet in the conference room. Remote employees join us on our conference line. It’s called our morning mojo call. It allows us to get on the same page, do some role-plays, celebrate wins, and reinforce our values. It’s a great way to start the day. Here’s what’s on the agenda: 1.