1. Decide whether you really have a need for another employee.
2. Consult other staff who can offer expertise.
3. Make a list of the duties, responsibilities, authority and relationships that the job involves.
4. Decide what qualifications, experience and personal attributes are required.
5. Draw up a job description and person specification.
6. Research the pay and benefits you can offer. Monitor job adverts, salary surveys and network with other employers.
7. Plan how you are going to attract your potential employee.
8. Decide where you want to advertise, and consider options such as job centres, trade press and the Internet.
9. Write the advertisement using the job description and person specification.
10. Prepare an information pack for anyone who wants further information.
11. Draw up a shortlist of people who match up to your requirements, and make interview arrangement.
12. Reply to everyone who applied, even those you will not be interviewing.
Do's and Don'ts
Do:
Take the opportunity to review if there is a job to be filled.
Have a clear idea of who you are looking for.
Use assistance from at least one other person.
Assess the market before advertising.
Don’t:
Forget the recruitment process has public relations implications.
Lay your organisation open to charges of discrimination.
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