Recruit The Right Person - Every Time
I was talking with a client recently about a common frustration in the engineering market at the moment - which is that it’s really hard to find good people.
There is work on everywhere, but business leaders and business owners are finding it hard to actually deliver the work because they don't have the teams in place to deliver good quality work to their clients.
When this happens, there can be a tendency to just hire the next person that walks in the door....regardless of their personality, skill or ability.
A bum on a seat is better than none........right?.........wrong!!
Today I want to explore with you a concept to help you ensure that you are recruiting the right person – every time.
Recruit slowly!!
Don't rush the recruitment process. Find the right person to fill the role, even if it takes WAY longer than you want it to - otherwise you will forever be paying the price.
Yes, it can be hard when clients are frustrated that you aren't delivering quick enough - and this can be the point at which you're tempted just to hire anyone. But trust me, it’s better to wear some short term pain with your clients than to be dealing with the longer term fall out of hiring the wrong person
A technique that I work with my clients around is:
1) Profile the role first.
2) Then profile the candidate.
Let me explain.
Look at the role you are recruiting for. What type of person does it require? What kind of skill set would an ideal candidate have? Is it more technical focused and less people focused? Or is it more people focused and less technical focused? Will they need to lead a team? Be able to have hard conversations? Do they need to be able to think strategically? Or do they need to be able to get their head right into a proposal or technical report and really nail the detail. Do they need to be OK with a face paced / quick moving role? Or is it more stable with less change?
Trust me - these kinds of questions, planning out and thinking about the role you are recruiting for is crucial. Otherwise you will just hire the next person who walks through the door.
Once you are fully aware of the personality traits of the ideal candidate you are looking for to fill the role - its then time to profile your potential candidates.
A good starting point that my clients adopt into their recruitment process is to use the Personality Style Quiz I have developed to determine a potential candidates personality style - link below.
Personality Style Quiz - https://www.coachignite.com/your-personality-style
I'm super happy for you to use this too in your recruitment process. Just get your potential candidates to take this short quiz and then get them to send you their results. You'll quickly be able to tell whether their personality style matches the role you are recruiting for and this will save you the potential pain of hiring the wrong person.
In summary. Don't rush the recruitment process. Follow the above approach and you'll soon be on your way to recruiting the right person every time.
Don't forget that your team and business reputation is built on the people that you have in your team and business.
Culture is key. Make sure you are hiring the right people from the outset and you'll reap the rewards.
Josh 'People Are Key' Stone
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