Your recruitment marketing process should work to attract candidates who not only meet requirements of the role, but whose values are aligned within your existing team’s.
When it comes to collaboration, well-being and producing meaningful work, an organisation’s team spirit is just as important as culture. What’s the difference? Team spirit is the successful dynamic that lies within a company’s culture and generates outstanding performance.
When it comes to replacing a member of the team or introducing someone new, it can be difficult to find someone who fits into the group.
“Recent interviews with 460 hiring managers found that 80 per cent of them had difficulty finding people to gel with an existing team. The research, commissioned by Robert Half Australia, found that the same percentage had had their fingers burnt by employing someone who didn’t work well in a team.
From these HR or hiring managers points of view, it was the inability of the hired candidates to work collaboratively that was to blame (45 per cent), or a lack of team spirit (43 per cent), or lack of adaptability (37 per cent) or just a straight misalignment with company culture (34 per cent). As a result, 40 per cent of the hiring managers said the best solution was to let the new hire go, which is an expensive recruitment mistake.”
This type of hiring problem results in wasted time and resources. Are recruiters or candidates at fault?
During recruiment, in addition to finding a candidate with skills to meet the requirement of the job, pay attention to and try to discover a candidate’s soft skills and personality. This will ensure they are aligned with the existing team’s.
Understanding parts of the candidate’s previous position they loved or why they left can provide a useful insight into what kind of people they work well with and what management style might suit them.
HRM Online also recommends paying attention to intuition, investigating answers further if they don’t come across as authentic, encouraging casual talk about hobbies and interests, and assigning new hires a mentor.
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Hiring managers find it hard to recruit for established teams
Amanda Woodard
HRM Online