Anaylzing Your Recruitment Effectiveness

This is a great time of year to analyze your district or coop's recruitment practices to determine if there are areas that could be more effective. The checklist below is a great tool for analyzing your these practices, while identifying areas for improvement. It was published in 2007 in the Business and Legal Reports Special Report, Win the Recruiting War! Finding and Hiring Great Employees. While these questions are intended for the business world, they can be integrated into the education field's practices effectively.

• How can we ensure the best possible match?
• How can we manage candidate expectations and set a realistic picture?
• Are we going to use any type of preemployment testing? What criteria will we use to select those tools, and how are they validated?
• What interviewing technique will our team use, and is training required?
• What have been the road blocks in our screening process?
• What approach will we take to communicate with the candidate?
• Are we providing every opportunity for candidates to self-identify?
• What has the offer-to-acceptance ratio been?
• What factors have impacted the acceptance rates?
• What is the market for the types of candidates you seek?
• What are our strengths as an employer? Weaknesses?
• What strategies can be implemented to increase closure rate?
• What means will be used for extending offers?