How Not to Recruit. Don't bother with any kind of recruitment process, don't have a plan, don't bother preparing interview questions and fairly benchmarking candidates against each other based upon actual evidence of skills, qualities and experience. Don't bother referencing, or checking up on the chosen candidates. If they look good, they sound good, and you've got loads of things in common they must be right. And, if they know someone that you know, perfect! Make sure that you offer them there and then. After all, you wouldn't want to upset an acquaintance of an acquaintance would you?
Regrettably, on CIPD evidence around half of recruitment decisions are taken on 'gut feel' and only 11% of employers are fully satisfied with their recruitment decisions after 12 months (http://www.aaronwallis.co.uk/Aaron-Wallis-The-Tools-for-Recruitment.pdf).
Don't make the same mistakes and ensure that you have a robust recruitment process in place.
