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