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to stay away from home if travel outside of the home location is required. Make sure you ask open ended questions, i.e. questions that require a thought out answer as opposed to just "yes" or "no" answers.

4) Don't try to find a carbon copy of the person you are replacing. This is not possible. If Bob Jones from Finance is leaving after 10 years excellent service, you are never going to find someone who has exactly the same skills as him to take over his role. You will want someone who has the key skills he has, or maybe use this as an opportunity to revamp the job description and look for someone with some slightly different skills.

5) Make sure the interview environment is affable quiet, private and comfortable. Remember, they're not just trying to impress you, you also have to impress your potential employees! Most candidates will decline the offer of tea or coffee to drink during the interview but many will accept a glass of water. This helps their nerves and you should make arrangements for drinking water to be available during interviews.

On the whole, there is no perfect way to conduct a recruitment drive. Different people work in different ways and conduct interviews in the manner in which they feel most comfortable. The above tips are a guideline and once you've incorporated most of these into your recruitment practices you will find your comfort zone and see within a short space of time what works best for you.

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