{"id":45,"date":"2014-06-10T07:19:22","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T07:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/?p=45"},"modified":"2014-12-07T09:33:25","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T09:33:25","slug":"5-top-tips-when-hiring-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/5-top-tips-when-hiring-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"5 top tips when hiring staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>You want to grow your business and can&#8217;t do it without taking on staff. But how do you go about it without making mistakes that could cost in the future? Independent HR consultant Wendy Einon gives her top 5 tips when taking on staff:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/wendy-einon.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46\" alt=\"wendy-einon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/wendy-einon-300x261.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/wendy-einon-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/wendy-einon.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1. Clear Job Descriptions and Person Specification which has a clear link to your business goals and work as your recruitment tool.<\/p>\n<p>2. Set out a plan and timetable so the recruitment process can be effectively managed. This will avoid the process dragging on or you loosing the best applicants.<\/p>\n<p>3. Stay clear of \u2018making do attitude towards a hire\u2019 and support the approach \u2018Only the Best will do\u2019 even if this means the recruitment process taking a little longer.<\/p>\n<p>4. Ensure a Formal Written Offer and Contract of Employment is issued and is subject to satisfactory completion of a probationary period, (with an extension to the probationary period).<\/p>\n<p>5. Whilst the employee is in their probationary period ensure they receive regular reviews of their performance, conduct, attitude and attendance. If there are any areas of concern extend the individuals probationary period or have a plan to exit from the business.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, \u00a0contact Wendy.<\/p>\n<p>email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto::w.einon@einonhr.com\">w.einon@einonhr.com<br \/>\n<\/a>website: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.einonhr.com\">www.einonhr.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>if you would like to contribute an article, please contact <a href=\"mailto::info@boxpod.co.uk\">info@boxpod.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You want to grow your business and can&#8217;t do it without taking on staff. But how do you go about it without making mistakes that could cost in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxpodcommercialproperty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}