Hiring
The Red Circus is looking for a clown in order to strengthen their team.
Your role:
-responsible for entertaining children during your part-responsible for making up funny interludes between other numbers-responsible for helping packing up the tent, feeding the animals, etc.
Your profile :
-Previous experience of 3 to 5 years as a clown in an international circus
-Highly stress resistant, teamplayer but autonomous, flexible, multitasker, very good communication skills, proficient in headstands, gymnastics, and at least 6 languages
We offer : the opportunity to work at The Red Circus and insurances.
We are looking for a clown to join our international team at Red Circus, a family-owned circus created in 1873.
Your role
We are mainly looking for you to take on the following responsibilities:-Most important is to entertain the children during your number and between those of others -As part of our team, we also expect you to take part in tasks such as occasionally feeding the animals and packing up the big tent.
Your profile
At The Red Circus, we are looking for creativity and talent, whether in gymnastics or in another area, as long as you develop your own unique brand of humor.
A relevant experience in a similar environment is required. A great sense of humor and a great contact with children is a must. Proficiency in several languages is a plus.
We offer : the opportunity to be part of a fantastic team who will travel throughout Asia in 2016, all insurances covered.
Job description
CONCRETE - what do candidates need to know?
CLEAR - do they know it after reading it?
ATTRACTIVE - why would candidates want to apply?
REALISTIC - are you hiring a person or Superman?
Posting a job online
Indeed.com
Linkedin & social media
Interim agency or “secrétariat social”
Monster, Stepstone, Jobat, References/Vacature
Phone screening - the basics
Current situation
Type of contract
Looking for…?
Language & availability check
Salary expectations
Tell me about yourself.
Why should I hire you?
Where do you see yourself in 5 years time?
What are your three main strengths/weaknesses?
(Some of the worst) interview questions
Hypothetical questions:You wake up late for your yearly appraisal. What do you do?
Motivational questions What did you like best/least about your last position?
Behavioral questionsTell me about the most difficult decision you had to make in your career.
Interviews
Never assume anything
Look for patterns
Beware of cognitive bias
An interview is two-ways
Salary & extra-legal benefits
“baromètre des salaires”
The cost of the salary for the employer
Monthly gross salary paid x 13, 92 per year + taxes (32,44%)12 months + 13th month (December) + “pécule de vacances” (May)
NO TAXES for your first employee as a company < 50 people !
Extra-legal advantages x 12 per year
Meal vouchers or food net allowance : per working day
Group insurance (pension plan), hospital insurance
“Abonnement social” = reimbursement public transportation
Holidays
Hidden costs
“Assurance-loi” >< work accidents
Affiliation to a protection & prevention service (work doctor)
“Secrétariat social” costs
process salary payments
offer full services also in accountancy, recruitment, legal advice…
On board
What makes employees truly happy & engaged?
Autonomy
Trust
Work atmosphere
Salary
Flexibility
Management quality
Learning
Recognition
Security
Evolution
Challenge
Feedback
People don’t quit jobs.
People quit people.
Firing
Verbal + confirmed by letter
Previous negative feedback and/or warning letter
Always have a witness with you
Either work continues during the notice period or immediate end to the contract (“rupture de commun accord”)
Gross misconduct : no list as such, purely jurisprudential
Legal notice period in case of resignation or dismissal
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
More interview questions
If you had an unlimited budget for training, both for personal and professional development, which ones would you pick?
Tell me about your (least) favorite manager/colleague ever.
What was the best feedback you ever received?
What’s the most difficult decision you had to make in your studies/career?
What do you really NOT want in a job?
(At the end) what did you hope I would ask you? What did you hope I would not ask you?
How did you prepare for today’s interview?
Follow-up questions
When was that?
What did you do? How did you do that?
Why?
How did you react/feel?
How did you decide what to do?
How did it turn out/ What was the outcome?
What would you do if had to do it again?
A few cognitive bias in interviewingMirror effect : we find people like us to be likable… (but not too much like us - potential threat – see next point) . Likewise, we find people who are very different from us in personality to be unlikable.
Halo effect : we are more lenient /willing to hire someone who is very handsome or charming, regardless of their actual answers/competencies.
Likewise, we have more trouble being convinced by someone’s competencies if we strongly dislike something about them(subjective : grating voice, wearing a moustache or a disturbing hairstyle…)
Stereotype : Expecting a member of a group to have certain characteristics without having actual information about that individual.
“Secrétariat social” in Belgium
Acerta
Attentia
Group S
Partena
SD Worx
Securex
...
Online resources
How to calculate your future hire’s salary (and much more):
http://www.jesuisindependant.be/outils/calculs/simulation-cout-salarial
http://www.jobat.be/fr/barometre-des-salaires/
Social law:
http://www.emploi.belgique.be/home.aspx
http://www.hralert.be/fr
Legal notice period in case of dismissal or resignation:
http://www.xn--pravis-cva.be/ECMS_CLIENT/configuration/pages/calculator.php