INTERVIEWING A CANDIDATE FOR A VACANT POSITION AS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF AN EMPLOYER IN THE MODERN LABOR MARKET

Abstract

The relevance of the article is due to the fact that in the conditions of a labor shortage in the labor market, employers are faced with a shortage of labor, with the selectivity of applicants when choosing a job, and, as a result, with the need to improve the staffing tools used. The author substantiates the point of view: the tools of staffing are not only the search and attraction of the required personnel, but also such an organization of the interview, which, by forming a positive impression of the company among candidates, would create an additional competitive advantage of the employer. The purpose of this work is to study the components of the interview that contribute to the formation of a positive impression of the candidate about the organization (employer). During the study, methods such as analysis of literature sources, generalization and systematization of information, comparison, as well as analysis of statistical information, a graphical method and others were used. The author defines the significant characteristics of the interview that influence the formation of a positive impression of the employer of the candidate for a vacant position, and his decision on employment in the organization. The author highlights the potential shortcomings and limitations that arise when conducting an interview, considers various methods and formats for conducting an interview, and prepares recommendations for conducting an interview with candidates for a vacant position. The results of the study are of a theoretical and practical nature and can be used by specialists in the field of personnel management, managers when interviewing candidates for vacant positions in modern Russian organizations of any organizational and legal forms of ownership and fields of activity in the conditions of labor shortage in the labor market.