This month we’ve teamed up with the lovely Maria Elliott from Engage in People for our blog post on making better recruitment decisions to give your new placement the best opportunity to stick.
Maria is a HR Consultant, Selection Process Improvement Specialist and Psychometric/Emotional Intelligence Profiler. Having worked with Maria as a client and colleague for many years, we highly value her expertise and advice and recommend her services to our clients.
Here are Maria’s thoughts on ensuring that you take all the necessary precautions to ensure you make the best recruitment decision:
“Most employers have their ‘formulas’ and ‘ways of doing things’ when it comes to selection processes, but how many times have you secretly crossed your fingers behind your back and hoped ‘this is the right person’…..?
As a business owner, you will know what works for your business when it comes to hiring new people. There is no ‘One Size Fits All’. However, many businesses often overlook crucial elements when it comes to collecting evidence about their prospective new employees.
So, their CV has been carefully scrutinised, any gaps satisfied. Evidence has been gathered about their capabilities against the Job Description. Qualifications stack up. Despite the nerves, performance under pressure in the interview is good.
How will they get on with their work? What is their motivation? Preferred communication style? How should they be managed to get the best out of them? How will they fare with their colleagues? Will they rub their boss up the wrong way?
All of these behavioural elements of the ‘How’ someone goes about their role can make or break whether that probation period ends with a tick in the box, or a call to your friendly recruiter for some help finding a replacement”
Teaming up with Maria, we can help to provide the additional support needed to acquire this information, ahead of you even meeting any shortlisted candidates. Engage in People are local experts on behavioural profiling to match people to roles – taking more of the guess work out of the process.
Please call us on 01143211873 to discuss your latest vacancy and how we can help make your next new hire stick.