3 Steps to Writing a Good Job Description
One big mistake many hiring managers make, and number 12 on our list of Hiring Mistakes, is to not really know what they want (hard and soft skills). To help you from falling victim to this potentially expensive mistake, we have put together the following strategy for you to follow the next time you need to hire a new employee.
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Wishing a Guy Into a Position
He Really Isn’t Qualified, But You Like Him.
Joe Taylor needed a program manager for a key development project. He started searching for candidates, but was unsatisfied with what he was finding. Later that day he saw his old friend Steve Morgan. Steve had just been laid off and was looking for a new job. Joe only knew Steve socially, but thought he was a good, solid guy and always enjoyed seeing him.
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Not Paying a Competitive Wage (Too High or Too Low)
It is tricky business to set a proper starting salary for a position. Pay too much and you will hurt the company. Pay too little and you risk losing key employees to better paying firms. When setting a wage, it is important to look at the following four factors:
1. Prevailing wages in your market: This is by far the most important criteria in setting a wage. In 1970 an accounting clerk made around $6.00/hour. In 1990 the same clerk probably made around $9.00/hour. The 1990 clerk wasn’t necessarily 50% better, but inflation and economic conditions had caused the wage to be 50% higher.
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Mislabeling “Sub-Contractors” Who Are Actually Employees
»» Mislabeling “Sub-Contractors” Who Are Actually Employees
A Crisis on a Friday
We all know how it is as a Quality Manager-It is Friday afternoon, around 3:30-4 o’clock, your phone just rang and you have bad parts at two of your biggest customers. Never fails that it is always a crisis on Fridays. What do you do? Put two or more of your Quality engineers on planes and send them to your customers. They get to your customer and find that the part is to print and the real issue is not yours! You tell them to get on a plane Saturday and get home.
Hiring Too Many Relatives of Employees
Recently Harry Wilson, a seasoned executive, was helping a company with a major expansion. Things were going along well until the company owner reconciled with his estranged son, Sam, and decided to bring the son into the business. The father had much remorse over the estrangement and to make things up to Sam, he was promoted to a top level position.
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Battery Engineer/Battery Research Scientist
POSITION SUMMARY: As a member of our Cell Engineering Team, you will assist the development of new battery chemistries. Development activities will include designing, building and testing of new battery materials, analyzing test data and preparing test reports and presentation materials. »» Battery Engineer/Battery Research Scientist