Definition
Collaborative hiring involves several people in the assessment: recruiter, hiring manager, future colleagues, sometimes the client at a staffing firm. Each person assesses a different angle, on a shared scorecard, and the decision is made from those assessments.
How to do it well
- Split roles: each interviewer covers specific skills instead of everyone asking the same questions.
- Score before discussing: each person fills in their scorecard alone, then the team compares. This limits the pull of the first opinion voiced.
- Keep one decision maker: collaboration informs the decision; it does not dilute it.
- Keep the candidate informed: the more interviewers, the more the process risks dragging on.
Illustrative example: for a project coordinator role, the manager assesses planning, a future colleague assesses collaboration and the recruiter assesses motivation. The three scorecards are compared the same day.
With RecruitEasy
RecruitEasy's team space brings together team messaging and an activity feed, and each application keeps its history in the activity log.