Hiring the Right Talent Can Make or Break Your Success
As you purposefully build your company and your corporate culture, hiring the right talent — the talent that fits the job and your organization — is critical. Fortunately, done right, the hiring process is far more rational and strategic than the blindfolded method in the cartoon above.
5 Steps to Hiring The Right Talent You Need
If you need to grow your workforce, hiring the right talent should be your number one priority. Make these five steps part of your talent management process to attract and onboard top talent to set you up for success:
Certainly, it’s always great to have someone who can be a team player but, if you are hiring for a sales position, it may be more important for them to be articulate and self-motivated. Someone who works best in a structured environment would not fit well in a more loosely configured organization.
Train all your hiring managers and interviewers in behavioral interviewing so they can ask questions and probe for the specific competencies you have decided you need in each particular job. Behavioral interviewing not only provides a structured, more objective approach to assessing applicants but also establishes a process for better predicting a job candidate’s future performance on the job.
Choosing the right talent then becomes a structured, methodical, more objective approach to assessing each candidate’s fit, not a popularity contest. To increase your odds of success, use leadership simulation assessments for high stakes roles and people manager assessment centers for important managerial positions. They provide validated results and targeted individual development plans to close any skill gaps.
If not and there’s sufficient interest, call the interviewee back for another round. But, whatever you do, don’t settle. You may be under some time pressure to fill a slot, but just think of the time and money you’ll lose if you select a less than “A” player.
Now don’t lose the optimism and excitement. Make those first few months of new employee onboarding full of learning opportunities and set out a plan for your new employee’s future development that will keep them learning and growing. Top talent wants challenges and a clear career path ahead.
The Bottom Line
Hiring the right talent matters. Hire new talent carefully. If you believe, as we do, that a company’s employees can be its competitive advantage, the right talent will carry you and your organization past your competition.
To learn more about hiring the right talent, download Why Interviewing is the Most Flawed Process in Business
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