As a small business owner you need talented workers to help your business operate efficiently and have the potential to grow. Naturally, when looking for talent the question arises as to “how do I properly vet these candidates”. With the economy the way it currently is, any job posting you might put on your website or elsewhere online will likely receive hits from a plethora on interested and maybe desperate job seekers.  The old fashioned “once-over” of the resumes will no longer suffice on their own in this modern age. Now there are many new tools via the rise of the internet that you must utilize on top of the tried and true methods to help evaluate potential new members to your small business team. TLNT continues, “So, how can you conduct a fair evaluation of potential job candidates? The key is to listen in on what others have to say about them.

When assessing job candidates, your end goal is to determine the value or worth of the applicant in regards to their potential role in the company. You can evaluate top talent in your industry, without any bias, by considering some of the following techniques":

1. Have recommendations take precedence
2. Take advantage of the listed references
3. Listen to the chatter
4. Utilize social recruiting tools
5. Find passive candidates

Click on the link below to see the explanation behind each.