Hiring candidates

Learn how to hire one of our candidates, understand your role in the process and find information about employing new staff.

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    Interviewing and hiring a candidate

    Once you have your shortlist, you decide who you want to meet.

    You choose who to interview, who to do reference checks for, and who to make a job offer to.

    Once you’ve hired someone, let the other candidates know they weren’t successful and tell us so we can close the listing.

    How to hire a candidate

    Meet and interview candidates

    You decide who to interview. We can help with coordinating interview times and locations.

    Do pre-employment checks and make an offer

    Once you decide who to hire, you should complete any reference or pre-employment checks the role needs, then make your offer to the candidate.

    Let us know once you have hired

    Tell us when you have hired someone so we can close the job listing.

    Employing new staff

    • Reimbursement for pre-employment drug tests If you need a candidate to take a drug test as part of your job application process and they fail, we may be able to reimburse you for this cost if they’re getting a benefit with full-time or part-time work obligations.
    • Making an employment offer What to do when you make an employment offer, including reference checks, making an offer and letting us know.