A mistake that is commonly made while interviewing candidates that requires relocating for an open position within your company is not making an effort to talk to the candidate’s spouse.
There are two things I have seen regarding that and they are:
1. Sometimes the candidate’s spouse doesn’t even know anything about the position and would not even consider relocation at all or relocation to that area.
2. Sometimes the spouse does know about the position but is not fully informed of the huge upside that your company has to offer and/or what the area has to offer.
You could get an offer rejected just by the spouse not being able to make a fully informed decision. If you decide to make that candidate an offer, you will have wasted a lot of time and money for him or her to tell you that their spouse doesn’t want to move!
How can you make sure this doesn’t happen??
Make sure you tell your potential candidates early on in the process that you will want to speak with their spouse to answer any questions that he or she might have on the area or the company. Also, make sure you include the spouse when it’s time to bring the candidate in for a house hunting trip. Set them up with a Realtor you trust and show them things they want to see. You may also want to have the spouse meet some of the key people in your organization that your new employee will be working with. Those small things will help make for a smooth transition in getting filling that open position you have!
Lisa Sprowls
Filtration Recruiter
Recruiter Solutions International
800-992-3875 ext. 313
lisa@rsipeople.com
www.rsipeople.com
Relocation Hiring Mistakes
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