Hiring the right people for the right job is arguably one of the most important responsibilities in any not-for-profit.
But what if there was something interfering with your ability to do just that – and you didn’t even know it?
You’ve gone through a thorough recruitment process, interviewed some exciting applicants and you’re ready to make an offer to the standout candidate.
But when you call to give them the good news, they turn you down. Now what?
What are the best interview questions to ask to get the clearest insights into your candidates?
Last month, we asked our NFP People community to share exactly that – and here are the results.
Have the hiring decisions you’ve made this year been a success? How do you know?
Few organisations measure the success of hiring managers in their decisions about who’s the right person to hire. But this simple process can help interviewers to improve their skills over time, as well as helping to prevent unconscious biases and stereotypes from creeping into your recruitment decisions.
Every new recruit needs at least a couple of reference checks. But no matter how excited you are about your new colleague, after leaving voicemails, sending emails and playing phone tag, it’s easy to get a little frustrated.
Surely there’s a better way to do your reference checks?
Ahead of her presentation at the 2016 Not-For-Profit People Conference, GetUp!’s Operations Manager Aline Van Koninckxloo shares how the progressive community advocacy organisation managed to hire almost 40 new staff members in just a few months during the 2016 federal election campaign – and what you can learn from their experience.
When recruiting for your NFP, developing a great job ad is critical to attracting the best candidates for almost any role. But have you ever considered how the presence of a salary range – or lack thereof – could be affecting your applicants? According to one estimate, just 19 percent of Australian employers disclose salary in their job advertisements – and yet jobs that do disclose a salary range are more likely to be clicked on. Here’s what you need to consider.
Up until 1975, employers could take almost anything into consideration when recruiting staff. But the Commonwealth Racial Discrimination Act – passed by the Whitlam Government – started a legislative trend towards protecting a variety of people from employment discrimination. And that means there are now some things you just can’t discuss when you’re making a decision about who to hire.
Kerry Shields is the National Volunteer Manager at Starlight Children’s Foundation, a not-for-profit that seeks to improve the lives of children and teens who are seriously ill or in hospital. Kerry’s team is responsible for attracting, recruiting, engaging and retaining more than 3,000 volunteers, whose contribution of more than 55,000 hours equated to over $1.6 million in value to the organisation in 2015.
Ahead of her presentation at the 2016 Not-For-Profit People Conference, we spoke to Kerry about the value of approaching volunteer recruitment in the same way as paid staff.
So you’ve advertised a job, shortlisted candidates and done your interviews. Now which candidate should you hire?
How do you differentiate between good candidates who might have different skillsets, experience and personalities?