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This company would like to begin the process of an actual "working interview" where in the last stages of the interviewing process the applicant works for a partial or full shift with the rest of the
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"working interviews"?
posted at 10/16/2007 10:31 AM EDT
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This company would like to begin the process of an actual "working interview" where in the last stages of the interviewing process the applicant works for a partial or full shift with the rest of the team.
Now a few questions- *Pay- can we pay this person as a "contractor" so we don't have to actually hire him/her? Do we actually have to pay this person? *What about accidents/workers comp insurance? *Have any of your organizations done this and if so has it been a success? Thanks |
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"working interviews"?
posted at 10/19/2007 4:03 AM EDT
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We used to do this at my old job. We had applicants come in for a couple hours and shadow one of our employees. Have them get a feel for the company, the way things are done, and the people they would work with. It really helped us weed out a lot of bad candidates. It is very hard to institute this based on the particular job you are recruiting for. Due to all the liability issues that come up. Therefore, my old company had them come in and just follow the employee around, so they can ask questions and get a good feel for what the job would be like. |
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"working interviews"?
posted at 10/19/2007 4:54 AM EDT
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Your least risky approach, from my experience, is the old fashioned "in box exercise" where you create a sham working environment complete with made up cases or projects that can be completed in a short period of time (couple of hours max). This keeps you out of the employer/employee relationship and eliminates your injury liability exposure from WC (just puts it into general liability). You also are not facing any questions regarding whether or not the time should be compensated. |
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"working interviews"?
posted at 10/25/2007 5:35 AM EDT
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We do this in our Emergency Department and call it shadowing. I want this person (could be clerical, nurse, social worker etc.) to make an informed decision about the job since working in an emergency department can be stressful, especially in a large downtown hospital. It works very well and the staff are happy to give feedback about how the person acted and what questions they were asked. I have received only positive feedback from the candidates and have not lost any through the process. |
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"working interviews"?
posted at 10/25/2007 6:25 AM EDT
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I know a company who used the last stage of the interview to test the candidate in action. This was an HR job and the successful candidate would need to run the job evaluation process. The process brought in all Generalist to "pitch" their positions for promotion and the candidate needed to run the meeting and ask clarifying questions. The pormotions were all simulated, but the participants were all there to show the candidate what the role was truely like and assess the ability to ask the right questions, etc. This was not a paid event and the company treated any injury the same as any other interview accident. |
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"working interviews"?
posted at 10/25/2007 6:26 AM EDT
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You cannot tryout a candidate without considering common law factors to determine if that person is providing a service within an employer - employee relationship. A contractor is a person who holds himself out as a business and is not under the principals control. |
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