HR Toolkit – Booklets to help you solve your HR issues.

Recruiting the Right People

Your special talents — be they artistic or managerial — combined with your passion and commitment to the arts, probably played a significant role in getting your organization where it is today. Look at the contributions of others on your team. Chances are that some or all of them brought significant talent, energy and commitment to the table.

You can ensure and even accelerate the progress of your organization by continuing to attract top people. You can also avoid the pitfalls of bad hiring decisions, which can result in much wasted time and money, poor morale among the people you want to keep, and even lawsuits.

Having and keeping the right people on your team makes all the difference in running a productive and successful cultural organization.

Table of Contents

• Recruiting the Right People
• Step 1: Define Your Skill and Talent Requirements
• Step 2: Attract the Right People
• Step 3: Select the Best Person
  • Screen Candidates
  • Interview Candidates
  • Questions to Ask During Interviews
  • Follow-up Interviews
  • Check References
  • Make Your Final Selection
• Appendix I: Sample Behaviour-Based Interview Questions
• Appendix II: Sample Offer Letter
• Acknowledgements

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