The hiring manager is the employee to whom the new employee will report when hired. The hiring manager is a key member of your employee recruitment team.

Business image

As the initiator of a position or the need for an employee, the hiring manager is the head of the employee selection team.

He or she is the employee who works with Human Resources to fill the open position through every step of the organization’s hiring process.

Starting with the recruiting planning meeting, the hiring manager participates in every aspect of the employee recruitment. He reviews incoming resumes and applications. He does the initial phone interview to determine whether the applicants are qualified enough to merit the employee time invested in an onsite interview.

The hiring manager participates in both the first and second interviews. If the potential employee is at your company location for more than these two meetings, the hiring manager greets the candidate on each visit.

Participating this fully in the process each time the potential employee interviews helps the manager begin to build a relationship with the candidate. This is the first step in long-term employee retention which starts before an employee even begins her new job.

During this entire recruitment time period, the hiring manager is assisted at each step of the process by Human Resources staff. They screen the initial applications, give the short list to the hiring manager, and assist with the selection of the interview team.

HR schedules interviews, participates in the interviews, both first and second, and assists with the final selection and making the job offer.