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Recruiting tip 2, Resume tracking recruiting and scanning software 

Recruiting Software handbook; Applicant interview preparation

Note: Software for resume tracking recruiting and scanning by Blackdog; embeds the recruiter handbook.

• The interview questionnaire has been mailed.

• Told them how to dress, remembering that one man's idea of 'spiffy' is another's picture of 'ridiculous.'

• Told them how to fill out an employment application. Leave expected salary off, no reference names that you don't already have, no discrepancies in the resume you have, and application filled out neatly.

• Prepared them to ask intelligent questions and avoid monopolizing the conversation. • Convinced them not to establish a salary figure.

• Lectured them on the dangers of 'Bad Mouthing' former associates or employers.

• Explained that the 'Art of Interviewing' means to always get the offer and never react to negatives in a negative way. The time to respond to negatives is better after you have an offer, when you can do something about it.

• Have they been 'charged up' and made acutely aware that enthusiasm for the opportunity will win over everything -- dollars, title, responsibility and experience!

• Has all of the above been explained enthusiastically and painted in vivid pictures, leaving absolutely no question as to what the recruiter means?

Note:   Resume tracking recruiting software by Blackdog provides an applicant snapshot that can profile profile an applicants interviewing tendencies.

Debriefing an applicant by the recruiter

An applicant should call the recruiter with interview results as soon as she/he can get to a phone where they can talk in private. She/he has to trust that this is in her/his best interest. The objective of the debriefing is to prepare for the call to the client and to continue the closing process which was started in the initial contact with the applicant. Closing issues which should have been addressed before the interview by the recruiter and the resume tracking and recruiting software should be able to easily display these issues.:

1. The kind of job he/she wants, the type of company, the work environment, the type of people he/she wants to work with, type of supervision he/she is looking for.

2. Location - they are prepared to take a job in this location, and they are planning to commute or relocate. If relocation is the plan, then relocation dollars have been addressed and you know whether or not this is a prerequisite to accepting the job. If it is, what are the dollars involved.

3. Salary.

4. Start date.

5. Counter offers, is he/she prepared to turn down a counter offer from his/her present employer.

6. How the spouse feels about the career change and what he or she wants from it.

When the applicant calls, the recruiter should ask:

Note: Resume tracking and recruiting software should always be record the debriefing by the recruiter

1. To describe the interview in detail.

2. What questions were asked?

3. What were your answers to the questions?

4. How do you feel about the job?

5. Do you want the job?

6. The name and correct spelling of everyone you talked with.

7. Starting offer, start date, title and position, do you have authority to accept on their behalf?

8. What do you have authority to turn down?

9. What was your impression of the client's interest?

10. What might the client see as drawbacks?

11. What can you bring to this job?

12. How did the client leave it?

13. Did you fill out an application?

14. Did you provide references?

15. What references did you provide?

16. Was salary discussed; if so, what did you say about salary?

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