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Right Person, Right Place, Right Time. Effective Recruiting. Eddie Ribas Director, NOAA Workforce Management Office November 30, 2005. Effective Recruiting.
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Right Person, Right Place, Right Time Effective Recruiting Eddie Ribas Director, NOAA Workforce Management Office November 30, 2005
Effective Recruiting • Finding and hiring the right person, in the right place, at the right time requires coordination between the selecting official and their Workforce Management Office servicing representative. • Finding the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities in a candidate • Knowing where to find them • Creating a process that fills the position in the most efficient matter (time to fill the position) Right Person, Right Place, Right Time: Effective Recruiting
Right Person • You are looking over the resume of the person you want to hire. Think of it as the TV Game Show— Jeopardy (that is, the answers drive the questions!) • What is on that resume that makes them a highly qualified candidate? • What key knowledge, skills and abilities MUST they possess? • Do the candidates qualifications meet the requirements you are looking for? Right Person, Right Place, Right Time: Effective Recruiting
Right Place • Before posting a vacancy announcement, where should we go to find your highly qualified candidate? • In what sector are they currently employed - Academia, Private, Public, etc.? • What types of periodicals do they/MUST they read? • How do we attract them to your position? Right Person, Right Place, Right Time: Effective Recruiting
Right Time • Now that you know who and where: How long should the entire process take? Currently, it takes way too long!!! Right Person, Right Place, Right Time: Effective Recruiting
Right Time—Exercise • Please fill out the days below (think calendar days): _____ days to work with your Workforce Management Office servicing representative to post the announcement. _____ days for you to get a list of highly qualified candidates. _____ days for you to interview candidates _____ days for you to conduct reference checks and make a final selection _____ days for your Workforce Management Office servicing representative to offer the position, negotiate salary, etc. Right Person, Right Place, Right Time: Effective Recruiting
Alternative Considerations • Do you consider recruiting within your own organization? • Are you preparing your own employees to assume higher roles? • Are you anticipating vacancies in your organizations? If you lost your best person tomorrow, what would you do? Right Person, Right Place, Right Time: Effective Recruiting