• Prepare a job brief, a one page description of the market research or market analysis role and key competencies 
• Separate essential and desirable and think about what you need from candidates
• Make sure the interviewers are prepared and have read the CV, try to get the same person to do all 1st interviews for consistency
• Make sure everyone knows its interview day, first impressions matter and getting others involved can sometimes produce fascinating insights. The person who greets people at the door can spot ‘people like you’
• Don’t leave it too long between 1st & 2nd
• Give feedback and take feedback from your recruiter – its helpful for everyone
• Make the offer that you feel is fair to both you and the candidate. Give a deadline as to when a decision should be made that will help you plan.
• Where possible get the potential candidate to meet some of their new colleagues
• When they start make them welcome – have some form of induction
• Use the recruiter to check in with the candidate to make sure everything is ok, a new job in market research can be daunting

Graduate Recruitment

We offer a specialist graduate recruitment service for small and medium sized businesses for finding suitable market research and analysis candidates, please contact Sarah Penny.