Prevent Fires: Hire Right

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Charting Compatibility
MRS uses SelecSys, a software offered through Management Communication Systems, a Sausalito-based consulting company specializing in behavioral assessment technologies and processes, as one method of matching jobs to candidates. The client submits a detailed profile of the open position and a charted assessment of potential  candidates to determine their compatibility. Clients usually use this evaluation with additional interviewing methods and then follow up with a productivity profile once they hire the candidate.

MRS also offers the ConferView service, which coordinates video-teleconference interviews for companies and candidates who aren’t in the same location. “We’ll set the company up in our Sacramento office and have the candidate go to the ConferView facility closest to them,” Aurich explains. “The company can have a face-to-face interview without a fly-in visit, which is especially nice now that flying is such a hassle and not very time-effective.”

But even when the interview is a virtual experience, Aurich reminds applicants the old rules for dressing for success still apply. “All of us have become a little more relaxed about business attire. It’s easy to forget that, even though the company might have a business-casual attitude,” she says, “for an interview, it’s always better to err in the direction of being a little overdressed.”

Numerous websites include lists of interview dos and don’ts. Search for interview tips in your search engine and you will get pages of links to sites like MRS’, which include suggestions for preparing and executing the interview process for both sides of the conference table.

All echo the same basic advice to both interviewers and applicants: Be prepared.

Descriptions and Expectations
“No matter what the job is, you need to compile a detailed job description and determine the pay scale, including what credit will be given for previous experience or specific aptitudes,” Wendell Smith of Executive Consulting, Inc., in El Dorado County’s Garden Valley, advises employers. “Have an organization chart prepared so you know who they will report to and exactly what your expectations of the job will be.”

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