Sunday, 11 May 2014

Skills That A Good Hiring Manager Should Acquire

By Joseph Jacob


Hiring the best individuals is one of the greatest difficulties that all companies face. Interviewers are accountable to hire the best people for any company. Finding the best individual from a huge number of applicants is not always simple. So, the interviewer should have the proficiency to determining the best individual. To experience it, any interviewer should obtain some abilities.

As we all know, an applicant should have abilities to show his talents during the interview and make an impact on the company to get the job. What happens if the company cannot recognize his suitability? Then, the interviewer could not get the ideal person even if he is in front of the interviewer. That is why the abilities of your interviewer are essentially similar to the abilities of an applicant.

Here are some skills that a good hiring manager should have.

Good hiring manager is an effective communicator. Effective communication is a major necessity in interviews. Without communicating effectively, it is difficult to convince candidate or get information from him. Effective communication is necessary to get right answers to the questions asked. If the hiring manager fails to communicate effectively, he cannot ask questions, cannot explain the company expectations and cannot get correct information from the potential employee.

Good hiring managers are very careful about everything. Interviewing people is not an easy task. The hiring manager should look carefully on every factor. He should not depend on the applications and all the details on the applications should be checked for their accuracy. Hence, attention is a key factor during job interviews.

Good hiring manager is a good listener. With the ability of asking right questions, he should have the ability of listening to the candidate's response. Most of the hiring managers give their attention only on what they ask and not on what the potential employee says. This is not a good characteristic of a hiring manager.

Giving an excellent first impression is essential for both the interviewee and the interviewer. So, non-verbal communication is essential for interviewer too. Solid handshakes, professional clothing, excellent eye contact and proper body motions are needed to perform a winning interview.

By obtaining these abilities, interviewers can perform well during interviews and can select the most appropriate applicants.




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