While Robert Half Management Resources specializes in placing project professionals for your business needs, our parent, Robert Half International, has more than 60 years of providing general staffing management advice to clients, which we would like to share with you.

Talented people are key to any business's ability to keep product quality and customer service high. However, finding and attracting the ideal candidate for your needs can be a complex and time-consuming process. Making the wrong choice is costly and results in lost productivity, increased stress and disruption of operations.

Following are critical steps you should take to hire the best people:

• Create the job description
• Work with a recruiter
• Conduct effective interviews
• Extend an offer