The hiring process typically involves these steps:
- The Human Resources (HR) department will post the job opening.
- The HR department does the initial screening of
applicants to see if they have the basic qualifications needed for the job. The goal is to identify
those applicants who will be called in for an interview. More companies are
using technology to help screen applicants. Growing technologies include resume
scanning systems, databases and the Internet.
- HR employees then set up interviews with the qualified
applicants.
- The manager of the department (that needs the employee), and possibly others, interviews the
candidates and makes the final hiring decision.
- The HR department then process all the paperwork required to hire the person.
The Human Resources department is not usually the hiring authority.
Exceptions may be when hiring for an entry-level position or when the company
has many positions open.
Other people you meet during the interview process may also have an influence
on the decision. Therefore, it is best to treat everyone with whom you have
contact as though he or she were the hiring authority.
Source: Creative
Job Search, Minnesota
Department of Employment and Economic Development.
Page last updated in March 2008.
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