Hiring problems? Look internally

Staff and nonsense... "People are our most important asset" we hear... Yet 1 out of 2 new hires ends in failure within the 1st year. The metrics also are lacking as only 1/3 companies check to see if their recruitment process produces good employees as "it's too difficult to measure hiring effectiveness". That's startling! Especially today, when more people hire for their companies from outside than from within; a reversal from the way we hired up until about 30 yrs after WWII. Lots of aptitude & ability tests & worker-selection techniques to help out but something's missing as managers frequently ignore results, spending more time on the interview process, which can be "all over the place", as we know... A thought: map out your specific expectations of the job candidate up-front, share those with said candidate, and have him/her express their personal expectations of the job to see if there's alignment. If so, you probably want to continue the waltz. If not, at least you took the trouble to find out and saved some time & money. And either way, the candidate going forward has a better understanding of who they are. Kazi #Recruitment #development #mappingexpectations #humanresources

“When companies are asked why they do not monitor the effectiveness of hiring, the most common response is that measuring employee performance is too difficult.” Anything worth measuring is difficult, otherwise everyone would be doing it (and no one would be complaining about it). When your organization is able to accurately measure performance and improve your hiring decisions, you gain a significant competitive advantage. #hiring https://lnkd.in/gdW79Tj

A short read. Yes, employees are a company's greatest asset but they have to be coached, monitored, and mentored in order for both the company AND the employee to benefit from the working relationship. And think about that. It's a relationship. We need to treat it like we treat our other relationships with friends, lovers, family, etc.