Shortlisting Candidates

 

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What is shortlisting?

shortlisting can be described as deciding which applicants from your applicant pool best satisfy the requirements and preferences for the open position, and who you want to forward to the next stage of your hiring process, which is usually some kind of interview.

Shortlisting and screening frequently take place at the same time; after reviewing candidate resumes, you select the top ones to move on.


Shortlist criteria can include:

Education

Work experience

Skills and knowledge

Personality traits

Competencies

(Ideal, 2023)     


To ease the short listing process, below steps can be taken into practice.

Decide the length of shortlist – It is important to decide the maximum number of applicants should be short listed for the interview. This can be a fixed number or a percentage depending on the amount of candidates.

Determine the criteria -  It is important to identify essential and desirable criteria which needed to do the job and also the minimum standard that the shortlisted candidate should meet.

  • Essential criteria are requirements, need to fulfill by candidates in order to be considered for the position. (Eg: qualifications and experience).
  • Desirable criteria are ones that would strengthen a person's application for the position. (Eg: professional certifications)

Create a shortlist scorecard - This scorecard's objective is to rate each of the requirements for each candidate who has through screening.

Screening - Before ranking, it is necessary to reject applications which have not met essential criteria.  Also can use assessment to test specific skills which important for application

Rank Applicants against scorecard - Once you reached to the target shortlist number , can start ranking the candidates and forward them for the interviews

(Hayton, 2020)


Shortlist criteria should include the following:

Education

Work experience

Skills and knowledge

Personality traits

Competencies

(Morris, 2020)  


Conclusion

Shortlisting helps to manage and speed up the hiring . The hiring process will get simpler as you get greater understanding of the qualities you want in candidates.


References

Hayton, E. (2020) 9-Step Guide to Shortlisting Candidates For An Interview. [online] 25 February. Harver. Available from: https://harver.com/blog/shortlisting-candidates/ [Accessed 21 April 2023].

Ideal, (2023) Shortlisting Step-By-Step Guide For Candidate Recruitment. [online] Ideal. Available from: https://ideal.com/shortlisting/ [Accessed 21 April 2023].

Morris, A. (2020) Shortlisting Process (Guide for HR). [online] London: DavidsonMorris. Available from: https://www.davidsonmorris.com/shortlisting-process/ [Accessed 21 April 2023].

  

Comments

  1. Ridma yomali 21 April 2023 at 18:55

    When it comes to interview short listing is very important topic. Candidate shortlisting is the process of identifying candidates from your list of applicants to advance to the next stage in the hiring process (which could be a telephonic, video, or face-to-face interview). Recruiters use a list of must-have criteria to shortlist candidates. They remove candidates who don’t meet the criteria and reduce the list to a manageable size for the interviews.

    With the vastly changed post-covid environment, people with a broader skill set are applying for all possible jobs, including those who are geographically farther off too. With the increasing volume of incoming applicants for a job, this can feel overwhelming. But if you can effectively shortlist, then identifying and closing those impeccable candidates wouldn’t be that difficult.
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  2. Thilini Premathilaka22 April 2023 at 02:10

    Concise yet informative post on candidate shortlisting. Shortlisting will help to speed up and better manage the hiring process. One of the benefits is that it establishes standards for ideal candidates. It also gives an organisation valuable insight into the recruiting strategy. (Join,2023)

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