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organizations need to focus on ensuring that their reputation is not damaged at the interview stage by candidates whose interaction with the brand leaves them with a bad taste in their mouths. The customer experience before, during and after the interview needs to be designed in a way that the ‘customers’ during this interaction are handled with the same customer focus as external customers who are set to purchase products or consume services. Both customer communication and customer comfort needs to be ensured whilst interviewing. Customer communication is imperative and the employing organization needs to have absolute clarity during the recruitment process. The customer journey as a potential internal customer needs to be mapped and communication designed for transparency and clarity, to ensure there are no gray areas. Organizations that do not communicate well, are often deemed to be putting out job adverts for purposes of following protocol whereas the positions have already been filled, pointing to lack of integrity. The specifications and the call for applications Organizations need to focus on ensuring that their reputation is not damaged at the inter- view stage by candidates whose interaction with the brand leaves them with a bad taste. Customer experience before, during and af- ter the interview needs to be designed in a way that the ‘customers’ during this inter- action are handled with the same custom- er focus as external customers who are set to purchase products or consume services. Both customer communication and custom- er comfort needs to be ensured whilst inter- viewing. 58 MAL31/19 ISSUE needs to reflect customer consciousness, and effectively indicate important aspects of the job being advertised to enable suitable candidates to respond. The job ad needs to follow a customer centered approach with all the C’s covered including courtesy, conciseness, completeness, correctness and clarity. Applicants should not be left wondering what exactly the organization is trying to communicate and how to go about the application process. The job positioning, reporting structure, roles and responsibilities, qualifications required and submission dates, need to be well outlined. Customers make decisions about brands based on their interaction with customer communication of all formats, job adverts not excluded. Communication during the interview process should also not be designed to intimidate and bully interview candidates. There is a common myth that the more an interview candidate is brow beaten during an interview, the more exposure the interview panel will have to their ability to cope with pressure. This type of bullish interactions have not been known to produce great results, as good candidates may bow under interview pressure and not perform well.