Is your pre-employment process doing its job?
A thorough pre-employment questionnaire is one of the most useful steps in hiring. It gives you a clear picture of a candidate before you make an offer, and it helps reduce the risk of a poor hire and of problems that can follow, such as personal grievance claims or other disputes. Most of those problems are avoidable.
Even so, this step is often skipped, done halfway, or completed and then lost in an inbox or a filing cabinet. You would not buy a house or a car without doing your due diligence, and a hire deserves the same care.
Streamline it with the Employers Toolbox
The Employers Toolbox makes this easy to build into every hire. In the “Go Recruit” section of your dashboard, you can invite candidates to complete a customisable, company-branded pre-employment questionnaire online. Candidates can upload their CV through the same link.
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Completed questionnaires and CVs are stored automatically in the recruitment section of your account. If you hire the candidate, one click converts their information into an employee record in your HR system, so nothing needs to be re-keyed or tracked down later.
Why it matters
A consistent, documented process gives you a reliable record of what each candidate told you about their skills, experience and suitability. If questions arise after the hire, you have that record to refer to. It also makes your decisions easier to explain and defend, and lays a sound foundation for the employment relationship.
Want to know more?
Read our help documentation on the pre-employment questionnaire, or get in touch with our team for a chat or a demo.