Staffing is an important concept in any business. Staffing provides the company with a base of skills that will either make it or break it. Most successful companies plan for their success. This planning requires staffing based on company needed skills. If your selection process begins with quality people, your staff will reflect quality standard. Staffing involves planning for the future. In order to properly staff your business, you first need to determine your future business needs. These business needs will determine the skills for which you should be hiring. Hiring for certain skills will increase the potential of your company and aid in achieving the company’s goals. The following steps should help you in your staffing endeavors. Before you know who to hire, you must first know what need you are filling. Successful companies plan for future needs, which means that they look ahead at the changing market to determine what skills they will need to remain successful. Determining your ideal job candidate requires writing an accurate job description. The description portrays the expectations and requirements that the job entails. However, even more important than the description is the process by which the description is written. Assemble a team that includes people in the same or similar positions who rep
resent the best qualities of that position. The hiring manager should be included on this team. This team will develop an accurate job description. First the team should determine the key responsibilities and the required outputs of the position. Then, the team must define the behavioral characteristics necessary to be successful in the position. These will be the best traits represented by the group of people already in the same or similar positions. Use the key responsibilities and characteristics to determine the criteria that will be used for screening. After screening is completed, compile a list of questions to use in the interview process. An important process in the recruiting and hiring process is using your employee network. Your employees know the type of worker for which you are looking. They work side by side with people everyday who are either fully capable of handling the position or completely incompetent in a position. Listen to your quality employees. Quality attracts quality. Current technology advancements have made recruiting much easier. The internet provides access to more quality employees than ever before. Use your company’s website to recruit potential employees. Also you can search databases like FaceBook and MySpace to find quality individuals who are not actually seeking positions.