Three Tips on Hiring A Good Engineer

In a company, there are numerous and difficult tasks needed to be properly handled by a qualified person. Due to this, the recruitment department has an important role in searching for good and qualified employees to keep their company thriving. Nowadays, there are thousands of new engineers applying for a job, a company need to finely sift the candidates to find a rightful person who will fill in that highly coveted spot in your company. Below are some tips in hiring an engineer.

Though most companies prefer an engineer who has had an experience from a competitor company, there are also companies who need to find newly graduated engineers to fill in some spots. For fresh grads, it is important to see if they have class work or degrees that are relevant to the nature of your company. It is also a plus if the candidate participated in various extracurricular activities and service projects. Security clearances should also be on top of your list when selecting an applicant, for new engineers, internships or capstone projects could be a stand out factor. As the interviewer, you have the initial duty of representing the quality of your company, act professional in the same manner as the applicant presented himself.

Article submitted by Sasha Bakhru. Sasha Bakhru is an engineering science graduate from the Columbia University. He has studied Biomedical Engineering (undergraduate major), mechanical Engineering (undergraduate minor) and Materials Science and Engineering (graduate major).