How To Avoid Making Bad Hiring Decisions

May 30, 2019

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How To Avoid Making Bad Hiring Decisions

As a staffing agency, we have heard the horror stories that businesses experience through their hiring process. All the way from legality issues to dishonesty and disloyalty, we have seen it all. There are many ways to go about hiring your staff, and while you may think you’ve tried everything- you might be missing a few key strategies. So, let’s dive into a few ways you can tweak your process in order to avoid making a bad hiring decision.

Stay Consistent in Your Process

However you decide to construct your hiring process, stick with the steps. Create a list of steps in a timeline form starting with the candidate search to the hire date. Clarify what will be covered in each stage of the timeline, this will give you a checklist of tasks to consider and complete as you move through the process. Staying consistent and standardizing the task list will help you avoid grey areas and conflicting timelines.

Stick With What Works

Look around at your existing staff team and think about what has worked in the past. How did you find your team members? Who has stuck around, and why? What precautionary measures did you take before hiring them? What questions did you ask in their interview and what answers moved you to making that hire? Like many things, staffing successfully can be a trial and error- so make a note of what has worked for you in the past and push for that routine in the future.

Keep it Legal

We cannot stress this enough, use background checks. Not only background checks, but drug tests should be a requirement right off the bat as well. Everyone has a story, some have more complicated pasts than others, and we aren’t saying we don’t believe in second chances- but we do believe in hiring the best possible candidate, every time. Using background checks and drug tests can help you screen through the flakey or unmotivated hires.

Don’t Cut Yourself Short on Interviews

Consider using multiple interviewers! A first impression can go a long way, but a first impression on several people is means for a great discussion. It might seem time consuming to schedule several interviews, but imagine the time you save when you realize that the candidate is not fit for the position after getting that second and third opinion.

Lastly…

Use a Staffing Agency!

It is our pleasure to take these stressors off of your back and complete the process for you. We can guarantee to provide you with the top candidates for your choosing, every time! If you are having trouble keeping new hires, or simply don’t have the time to dedicate to choosing the perfect candidate, contact us for more information about how we can be of service to you.

NTG Solutions

New Tech Global has been in the oil and gas consulting industry for over 20 years specializing in engineering, project management and well site supervision. Over the years, as requested by some of the largest oil/gas operators and service companies in the world, we’ve expanded our business from consultancy services to staffing as well. We provide W-2 contractors too many different industries including oil/gas, energy, petrochemical, manufacturing, industrial, construction, and medical. NTG has offices in Houston, Midland, Fort Worth, Denver, and Canonsburg, PA as well as international offices in Mexico City and Dubai.

Considering NTG’s reputation in the oilfield along with our success in staffing, we would be a great staffing partner for any company. We have structured our Recruiting group to strategically best serve the needs of our clients. We have taken our knowledge of the high demand, technical experience and 24 hour service of the oilfield and have been able to adapt to other industries.

With our combined recruiting experience in and out of the oil/gas industry, we are able to provide our clients a diverse level of support in supplying candidates for the following disciplines: Manufacturing, Skilled Trades, Procurement, Maintenance, HSE/Quality, Engineering, Field Technicians, IT, Accounting/Finance, HR, Marketing, Executive Suite and Administrative. NTG is considered a national vendor for several of our clients and we have contractors in 40 states.

NTG Staffing provides complete onboarding services

Client Experience:

NTG provides to your company a personal approach. Our relationship is built on trust and reliability. We strive to surpass the client’s expectations in multiple ways: we look for technically sound, driven individuals that match your company’s culture.
NTG will tailor our recruiting efforts to your needs. For example, our team will prescreen the candidate(s) and determine if they are the right fit for the company and position. The hiring manager will receive a full candidate description highlighting the relevant skills related to the job. If the client would like to proceed with an interview, NTG will assist in coordinating the interview with both parties. We pride ourselves in being thorough. We interview all of our candidates and only present those who fit the requirements of your positions.
Other services include weekly updates to the hiring managers, reference checks, onboarding prescreening assessments and offer negotiations.

NTG Staffing provides complete onboarding services
NTG Staffing provides complete onboarding services

Client Experience:

NTG provides to your company a personal approach. Our relationship is built on trust and reliability. We strive to surpass the client’s expectations in multiple ways: we look for technically sound, driven individuals that match your company’s culture.
NTG will tailor our recruiting efforts to your needs. For example, our team will prescreen the candidate(s) and determine if they are the right fit for the company and position. The hiring manager will receive a full candidate description highlighting the relevant skills related to the job. If the client would like to proceed with an interview, NTG will assist in coordinating the interview with both parties. We pride ourselves in being thorough. We interview all of our candidates and only present those who fit the requirements of your positions.
Other services include weekly updates to the hiring managers, reference checks, onboarding prescreening assessments and offer negotiations.

NTG Staffing provides complete onboarding services

Recruiting Services include:

  • Temporary Services
  • Temp-to-Perm Services
  • Payrolling Services (NTG is currently the National Payrolling Provider for some of the largest Operators and Project based services
  • Volume Recruiting Campaigns
  • Client Hiring Events
  • RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) and Onsite Assistance
  • Direct Placements & Confidential Searches
  • All payroll services included
  • FLSA driven conversion needs (1099 conversions to W-2)

NTG Staffing provides complete onboarding services:

  • New Hire paperwork (applications, W-4s, I-9 Verifications, drug/alcohol pre-screenings, background checks). NTG is an E-Verify company.
  • Weekly or bi-weekly payroll
  • Online portal for timesheet approvals and submittals
  • Online portal for employees to retrieve check stubs via Payroll system
  • Direct Deposit
  • Medical Benefits provided to contractors (eligibility on the first day of the month following 60 days of full time employment)
  • 401K provided to contractors after 90 days of full time employment, after one year (100% match on the first 3%; 50% on the next 2%)
  • Online benefits portal (contractors can elect their coverage, access to 24 hour help desk for benefit related questions)
  • NTG covers Worker’s Compensation Insurance
  • Federal/State taxes
  • Unemployment
  • General Liability coverage
  • Payroll processing fees

Recruiting Services include:

  • Temporary Services
  • Temp-to-Perm Services
  • Payrolling Services (NTG is currently the National Payrolling Provider for some of the largest Operators and Project based services
  • Volume Recruiting Campaigns
  • Client Hiring Events
  • RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) and Onsite Assistance
  • Direct Placements & Confidential Searches
  • All payroll services included
  • FLSA driven conversion needs (1099 conversions to W-2)

NTG Staffing provides complete onboarding services:

  • New Hire paperwork (applications, W-4s, I-9 Verifications, drug/alcohol pre-screenings, background checks). NTG is an E-Verify company.
  • Weekly or bi-weekly payroll
  • Online portal for timesheet approvals and submittals
  • Online portal for employees to retrieve check stubs via Payroll system
  • Direct Deposit
  • Medical Benefits provided to contractors (eligibility on the first day of the month following 60 days of full time employment)
  • 401K provided to contractors after 90 days of full time employment, after one year (100% match on the first 3%; 50% on the next 2%)
  • Online benefits portal (contractors can elect their coverage, access to 24 hour help desk for benefit related questions)
  • NTG covers Worker’s Compensation Insurance
  • Federal/State taxes
  • Unemployment
  • General Liability coverage
  • Payroll processing fees

Recruiting Services include:

  • Temporary Services
  • Temp-to-Perm Services
  • Payrolling Services (NTG is currently the National Payrolling Provider for some of the largest Operators and Project based services
  • Volume Recruiting Campaigns
  • Client Hiring Events
  • RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) and Onsite Assistance
  • Direct Placements & Confidential Searches
  • All payroll services included
  • FLSA driven conversion needs (1099 conversions to W-2)

NTG Staffing provides complete onboarding services:

  • New Hire paperwork (applications, W-4s, I-9 Verifications, drug/alcohol pre-screenings, background checks). NTG is an E-Verify company.
  • Weekly or bi-weekly payroll
  • Online portal for timesheet approvals and submittals
  • Online portal for employees to retrieve check stubs via Payroll system
  • Direct Deposit
  • Medical Benefits provided to contractors (eligibility on the first day of the month following 60 days of full time employment)
  • 401K provided to contractors after 90 days of full time employment, after one year (100% match on the first 3%; 50% on the next 2%)
  • Online benefits portal (contractors can elect their coverage, access to 24 hour help desk for benefit related questions)
  • NTG covers Worker’s Compensation Insurance
  • Federal/State taxes
  • Unemployment
  • General Liability coverage
  • Payroll processing fees