What do you value more, skills or ‘fit’? The vast majority of hiring managers focus on skills, searching for candidates that ‘tick all the right boxes’, limiting the importance of cultural assimilation.
On paper, this looks great. No one can argue with a hire that matches the job description. The problem is that paper means little when your new hire doesn’t match your company culture and is either unhappy or ineffective – as many as 50 percent of new hires fail in the first 18 months because of bad fit.
The perfect hire is someone who is excited about your company’s goals – the kind of person that will go the extra mile when it’s required. Not the person who will complain when the have to work the occasional Saturday to get a project over the line.
Hiring these people is the way to build an awesome company culture – something that can have surprisingly far-reaching effects on business success!
This kind of person is hard to track down, but there are a number of things you can do to make sure most of your hires fit the bill.
What Makes Your Company Tick?
It sounds simple, but before you can hire effectively for cultural fit, you need to be clear on what your cultural values are!
Every company is different – approaches that work at a different organization may not be relevant for yours. It’s important that you get really granular and determine exactly what makes someone successful at your company.
Start at the top. Sit down with your CEO and other top C-Levels and ask them what makes a ‘perfect employee’.
The management must also look at within themselves and define what are good leadership traits they can have in order to engage employees.
Hiring for cultural fit is the best way to build a highly engaged workforce, eager to be ambassadors for your company. If you’re not hiring for fit currently then maybe it’s time to revisit your recruitment process.
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