Topgrading

Topgrading Hiring — Recent College Graduates

People ask if the same Topgrading Interview is the best approach for hiring recent college graduates. Yes! It seems most of our clients have experienced 66% attrition of campus hires, over a three-year period. You can cut college grad mis-hires in half by doing the following:

1. Build relationships with professors, so they recommend the top students.
2. Ask recruits who will be visiting you to complete the Topgrading Career History Form, providing details of part-time or summer jobs (in spaces where full-time job information is requested).
3. In the visit to your company, conduct tandem Topgrading Interviews. It will take 1 1/2 hours, not 4, and you’ll get far more information than you will from round-robin behavioral interviews (which are OK, but just not enough).
4. Ask candidates to arrange reference calls with 3 or 4 bosses they’ve had. Yes, even though it was for summer jobs.