How to Hire Online

Welcome to our first blog post for “How to Hire Online!”  Every week, Jamie and I will be posting our thoughts, experiences and research on improving hiring.  We’ll have a particular focus on small business hiring and using online tools to save time and money.

Why are we doing this?  Because hiring is critical to the success of every business, but employers often waste time with – and even hire - people who don’t fit their jobs.  We realized that hiring isn’t just a “big company” problem either – it’s actually far MORE critical for small business to get it right.  However, most small businesses rely heavily on their gut to make hiring decisions, with very unpredictable (a.k.a. bad) results.

So about a year ago, Jamie and I founded a company called ClearFit.  Our software helps take the risk out of hiring.  If you’re hiring, you should check it out.  (Hint: watch the demo.)  In addition to building this solution, we also thought it might make sense to start a blog to discuss hiring, with a slant on small business … since we had trouble finding any other blogs on hiring that didn’t make us want to shoot ourselves.  With that in mind, I’m going to be pretty informal (i.e. missspell stuff on purpose) so don’t hesitate to comment on our blog or make any suggestions, if we’ve forgotten anything.

Over the next few weeks, we plan to cover several topics designed to … well … help you hire online.  Here are some topics you can expect to see over the next several weeks:

-> How is hiring online different from hiring offline?

-> How do I decide what type of person will perform my job the best?

-> What’s the most effective/legal process to assess job applicants?

-> How do I “sell” my job to attract the best applicants?

-> What’s the best way to sort/screen/prioritize all my candidates?

-> What’s the best way to interview?

-> What are some great, predictive interview questions?

-> What’s the best way to check references?

So add us to your RSS feeds by clicking the icon in the upper right of this page, or by bookmarking www.HowToHireOnline.com in your browser.  We look forward to seeing you again soon!