EBS Services has a vacancy for a Chief Security Information Officer (CISO). The following describes the steps that were taken to prepare to fill the vacancy.
Steps taken
- The Job definition for the CISO role was setup.
- First the sample job Security Specialist was sourced in Job/Role Management, copied into the Workspace and renamed Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). This was chosen because it was expected that many of the Security related skills would apply.
- Then the new Job was edited to suit the requirements for the role of CISO.
- First the sample job Security Specialist was sourced in Job/Role Management, copied into the Workspace and renamed Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). This was chosen because it was expected that many of the Security related skills would apply.
- Using the Candidate Job Matching Analytics, selecting the CISO job and using the External Candidate=False filter it was established that there was no one internally that matched the skills criteria. The closest being Franklin with 36.67% of the required skills.
- The Recruitment feature was then utilised by providing the Recruitment Invite link (see under Configure Workspace) on the EBS website Job Vacancies Page
- Three (3) people responded by selecting the link and completing the Candidate form, which then automatically uploaded them into the system and sent them the Self-Assessment survey invitation email
- The 3 people completed their surveys. (Refer Track Survey Progress)
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- Using the Candidate Job Matching Analytics again and selecting the External Candidate=True filter, it was established that one particular candidate (Willowdean Stam) was most suitable for the role with a 66.3% match on required skills.
- Martine has arranged an initial remote interview session, (because the person was based in New York), and intend to make use of Willowdean's Self-Assessed profile to lead the discussion and establish that his Self-Assessed profile does indeed reflect his true capabilities.
- You can download a copy of Willowdean's Individual Skills Profile report from 2. EB Services downloads
- A follow up person-to-person style interview will be arranged provided the initial interview shows promise to establish other aspects such as cultural fit etc.
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The 66.3% match on required skills for Willowdean indicates to Martine that Willowdean still has some headroom for gaining some of the needed skills, a preferred position as it would indicate he would not become too quickly bored in the role. With a scenario such as a 100% match, there would be some worry that Willodean would not be intending to remain long in the role, or they would be quickly bored.
Note: This would be different in the case of hiring a consultant or Subject Matter Expert for a particular set of tasks where you would expect them to be up and running ASAP, and you would be expecting to only pay for the skills needed for the tasks.
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