STEP 1
Build the Ideal Candidate Profile
To find the best person for the role, you need to understand what the role involves. You can complete this with the hiring manager to define the role, its contribution, and the skills needed.
Staffing Specialist
Human Resources (HR)Complete with job descriptions, skill profiles, and interview templates. Use this Staffing Specialist hiring guide to help you make the right decisions, fast.
HOW TO HIRE A STAFFING SPECIALIST
What does a Staffing Specialist do?
Staffing Specialists are responsible for managing an organization’s recruitment processes. They specialize in scouting for potential employees, developing hiring strategies, and designing interview questions for open positions. They also work with HR personnel to create hiring status reports for management review.
Day to day tasks of a Staffing Specialist
- Assisting with the onboarding of new employees
- Overseeing the entire hiring process
- Scouting and recruiting prospective employees by using databases, social media platforms, and professional networks
- Designing interview questions and screening procedures for individual positions
- Writing and posting job advertisements
- Conducting interviews with candidates
- Evaluating current recruitment strategies and determining areas of improvement
- Developing new hiring strategies to improve the recruitment process
STAFFING SPECIALIST DEFINITION
A Staffing Specialist recruits and interviews job seekers for an organization. Job duties include identifying hiring needs, recruiting potential employees, conducting interviews, and reviewing candidate resumes.
HIRING PROCESS
Staffing Specialist Hiring Process
STEP 2
Write A Job Description Based On Skills
Once you understand the requirements for the role, you’ll need to understand the skills for success. You can then write an effective job description to promote your role.
STEP 3
Selecting The Ideal Candidate
See which applicants have the right skills for the role. Send all your applicants a Vervoe skills assessment from the expert library, or customize one for your organization.
STEP 4
Interview Top Performers
Your skills assessment results will identify top performers. Focus your time on interviewing those that have met or exceeded your requirements. Assessment results will also help guide which skill areas to focus on in the interview.
STEP 5
Making An Offer
Once you assess your candidates against these skills, you’re ready to offer the top performer(s). You should base your offer on the value that the candidate would bring to your team and your business as a whole. It is also important to ensure your compensation and benefits packages are competitive in the industry and help you attract and retain the top talent.
BUILD THE IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE
Skills needed for a Staffing Specialist
A Staffing Specialist must have high level problem solving skills. They must also be able to maintain and manage relationships with relevant stakeholders, especially hiring managers and candidates, and have well developed organizational skills.
- Relationship Management
- Problem Solving
- Organization
WRITE A JOB DESCRIPTION BASED ON SKILLS
How to write a Staffing Specialist job description
Once you’ve determined the skills required for the role, you can write the job description to advertise for your position. Here’s what to include in your Staffing Specialist job description:
- Job Title
- What position are you hiring for?
- Summary
- What makes your company unique? What would it be like to work for you?
- Responsibilities
- An overview of the role’s day-to-day activities, and how the position contributes to the organization
- Requirements
- Skills a candidate must have to perform the job successfully
- Benefits
- Details of compensation, benefits, and any perks on offer
SELECTING THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
Sample skill tests for a Staffing Specialist
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Question 1
Relationship ManagementQuestion Type: Audio
You have a candidate who you have placed into a role, they are fresh to the workforce and have called you on the morning of their first day expressing their nerves/anxiety of going into the office. Upload an audio recording of what you would say to your candidate, to reassure them they will be okay.
Question 2
OrganizationQuestion Type: Text
How do you organize your day when you have a variety of tasks to complete?
Question 3
Problem SolvingQuestion Type: Text
You are working with a company that has a lot of hiring needs and feel like you are always on the back foot, being reactive when a position becomes available.How could you solve this problem?
INTERVIEW TOP PERFORMERS
How to interview a Staffing Specialist
Once your Vervoe skills assessment has surfaced the most qualified people for your open role, you can focus on interviewing these candidates. The interview should focus on any skills that require development that were highlighted from the skills assessment.
Now you know that candidates can do the job, the interview becomes more of a relationship building exercise where you can get to know the candidate on a more personal level, understand their motivations, and how they would fit in with the team.
MAKING AN OFFER
How much does it cost to hire a Staffing Specialist?
The US average for a Staffing Specialist is $40,560, according to Payscale.com, while the reported average salary on Glassdoor amounts to $40,090. Ninety percent of talent acquisition managers earn up to $56,000 with 75 percent receiving less than $51,000. The lowest paid ten percent is paid up to $29,000.
United States
Staffing Specialist salaries in the United States range from $29,000 - $56,000 (USD). Staffing Specialist salaries in the U.S vary depending on the industry and the location the organization is based.
Source: Source: Glassdoor
United Kingdom
Staffing Specialist salaries in the United Kingdom range from £19,000 - £37,000 (GBP). Staffing Specialist salaries in the UK vary largely based on location and the industry.
Source: Source: Payscale
Australia
Staffing Specialist salaries in Australia range from $190,000 - $209,000 (AUD). Staffing Specialist salaries usually depend on the amount of industry experience and the level of education.
Source: Source: Talent Australia