Pre Hiring Plans To Run By The Risk Management Department

Individuals who work in risk management are often going to be part of the pre hiring process. They are going to be intimately involved in the creation of policies that are used in that process. These policies are highly important to ensuring that the right employees are hired every time.

Is The Applicant Capable Of Doing The Job?

Trying to discern if the applicant is even capable of doing the job that they are applying for in the first place. This means looking into their educational background and the places that they have worked at in the past. This will likely require calling up at least a few of their previous employers to see what kind of person you are working with at this moment. It can be a little bit of work, but it answers the critically important question of if someone is able to do the job.

How Does This Person Fit In?

Testing to see how an applicant might fit in with the rest of the office is possible via personality tests and the like. This are legal to require before employment and they can serve the purpose of offering a baseline assessment of what kind of person is being hired.

Another moment when one’s personality might be assessed is during the interview process of course. There can be a lot discovered during that process.

How Committed Is The Candidate?

Someone who shows that they have commitment to the job that they are applying for is someone worth hiring potentially. It is important to check out how long the candidate has held previous jobs. If they seem to waver from one job to the next, then they may not be all that committed and they may not be worth hiring.

Contact us for more information on how risk management can be used in the pre-hiring process.