After reviewing what seemed to be an endless number of resumes for a key position, I asked the members of our team, the hiring committee, to narrow the candidate pool down to five. I further instructed the team to keep in mind that they are responsible for recommending their future coworkers. The committee did the first round of interviews and reported back that each interview seemed to go better than the last as they presented me with their recommendations in their priority order.
Given the positive remarks from the hiring committee about the candidates, I asked two members of the hiring committee to join me in the final round of interviews and to bring in all five candidates. As the committee discussed the pending selection, it was determined that because of the exceptional quality of the candidates, I approach the CEO to request budgeting to make multiple selections.
Approval was granted, and selections were made. As I received word that offers were accepted, I immediately called each candidate to welcome them onboard, let them know how happy the team and I were to have them join us, asked them what I could do to help them transition from their current employer to ours, and let them know to feel free to call with any questions during the transition period.
