Hiring

Today was an interesting class. I have always considered hiring from the perspective of a job seeker not as an employer. Before class, I had some preconceived notions about how interviews were conducted. In reality, hiring is much more complex and expensive than I had initially thought. I was interested to hear about how expensive the entire hiring/orientation process becomes. It helps me to think about turnover in a different light. A prospective employer must be careful about who they hire in order to keep costs reasonable.

Conducting interviews is much more complicated than I had originally thought. I can come up with great behavioral based questions but I didn't think about what I wanted to learn by asking the question. I also learned about how to prepare an outline for questions so that I could find out what I need to know and then ask the same questions to each applicant. Hopefully I can use these new skills eventually in a manager or leadership role. It also helps me to answer questions in interviews. I can see both sides of the process and hopefully use that to my advantage in the future.

Anything that gives me an edge in the interview process is a good thing for me to learn. I like my current position but I am not going to stay there forever. It's awesome to go to school and learn skills that are immediately applicable to your life. My facility has been discussing allowing staff nurses to help with the interviews. After this class I feel like I can recommend myself to help with that process.