Hiring the Right Person for the Right Job
When hiring someone new — as well as when promoting from within — you want to select the person who is the best fit for the job and the team. Someone with the right skills can be effective and productive from the beginning. A recent Aberdeen study found that 44% of organizations who use assessments had new hires hit their performance goals on time.
Pre-hire assessments help determine how an individual will fit in a specific job, identify their thinking and reasoning styles, and highlight behavioral traits that are crucial for success on the job.
4 areas to consider when making a hiring decision are:
1. Search for cultural and behavioral fit.
Knowing your organization’s work culture, as well as that of your own department or team, usually makes the difference between mediocre and successful hires. Certain personalities and behavioural styles may not be productive together; however, others will be of benefit to your organization. Find out what to look for when determining this fit.
2. Look beyond the resume.
The market is extremely competitive today, and candidates are looking to present themselves as advantageously as possible. As a result, resumes may not accurately represent the candidate. Assessments can help hiring managers to look beyond the resume and discover deeper traits of each candidate.
3. Match skills and behaviours to your open positions.
Some of us have a tendency to hire people similar to ourselves, or become enamored with a particular type of person. Yet, this is not always the best option for the team. Discover how employee assessments can help determine who has the knowledge, skills, and natural inclinations for a specific position.
4. Establish patterns of success.
Specific positions require certain skills and behaviors. Learn how to build “high performance models” using the results of your top performers to create a portrait of what attributes applicants require to have the most success in a position. These performance models allow hiring managers to set a standard for future employees.
At a time when so many applicants are out-of-work, under-employed, or currently-employed, job-hunting hopefuls, hiring managers have their work cut out for them to make the best hire possible. When using assessments during the hiring process, hiring managers have experienced as much as a 64% increase in satisfaction. Click here to request a free consultation.
