7 Common Mistakes Hiring Authorities Should Avoid

Hiring the right talent is always a challenge for organizations, here are 7 common mistakes hiring authorities should avoid to ease hiring pains.

Avoid telling multiple candidates that they are perfect for the job and then never contact them again
Avoid informing candidates they have a very urgent need to hire someone and then ghosting them
Avoid making an offer to the candidate and then lowering it by $10,000 than the original
Avoid postponing hiring and then overworking everyone in the department
Avoid badmouthing previous employee in the guise of being “honest” which only makes the job sound awful
Avoid having more than three people involved in the interviewing process, and not coming together with a clear vision what type of candidate you are seeking, thus everyone having a different opinions on the ‘right fit’
Avoid taking more than 60 days to hire anyone and then giving up on hiring anybody because you’re attempting save face, in the midst of looking like a poor manager to everyone in the company

By Tony Beshara|2022-10-21T12:10:59-05:00October 21, 2022|Job Search Blog|

About the Author: Tony Beshara

Tony Beshara is the owner and president of Babich & Associates, established in 1952, and the oldest placement and recruitment service in Texas. It is consistently one of the top contingency placement firms in the DFW area and has been recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work in DFW” by the Dallas Business Journal. He has been a professional recruiter since 1973 and has personally found jobs for more than 12,000 individuals. He sits behind a desk every day, working the phone literally seven hours of the twelve hours a day, making more than 100 calls a day. He is in the trenches on a day-to-day basis. Tony has personally interviewed more than 30,000 people on all professional levels and has worked with more than 75,000 hiring authorities. Babich & Associates has helped more than 100,000 people find jobs using Tony’s process. Tony is one of the most successful placement and recruitment professionals in the United States.

7 Common Mistakes Hiring Authorities Should Avoid

Avoid telling multiple candidates that they are perfect for the job and then never contact them again

Avoid informing candidates they have a very urgent need to hire someone and then ghosting them

Avoid making an offer to the candidate and then lowering it by $10,000 than the original

Avoid postponing hiring and then overworking everyone in the department

Avoid badmouthing previous employee in the guise of being “honest” which only makes the job sound awful

Avoid having more than three people involved in the interviewing process, and not coming together with a clear vision what type of candidate you are seeking, thus everyone having a different opinions on the ‘right fit’

Avoid taking more than 60 days to hire anyone and then giving up on hiring anybody because you’re attempting save face, in the midst of looking like a poor manager to everyone in the company

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About the Author: Tony Beshara