Introduction

• What happens now? Now that the interviews have been completed, you are faced with yet another important decision.

It is probably timely to ask yourself at this point just how much more you know about these potential new employees as a result of your recruitment and selection strategies.

• What additional information do you still require to make an informed decision as to who is the most suitable applicant?

If you are still in need of further information, is this a reflection of the ineffective use of strategies adopted up to this point? Or is it more about needing to introduce additional strategies?

• Were there still things you needed to discover about your applicants? If so, to what did you attribute the gaps? Were your strategies lacking in any way?

Hopefully, you are in a much better situation to make an informed choice from amongst the final list of applicants. You have now generated information from a range of sources including the application form, resume, test results and the interview itself. How well you use this information will have significant impact on you making the right choice of applicant. At the end of the day, this is not just a simple mechanical process of choosing the person with the best score. It is a combination of many different interrelated factors all of which will influence your final decision. The reference check and the results of a medical examination may be the final parts in the mosaic!