You hire a candidate, and two weeks later find yourself posting a job ad on a career site. A month later you repeat the process. It takes you some time to realize the full extent of losses you’ve incurred through this ordeal. You need employees to keep the wheels of your business turning, but it’s costing you more than you ever thought possible just to find a reputable employee. What do you do in this situation? How do you win the hiring and retention battle?
Many employers use a typical strategy. Post a job to a job board or in a newspaper, collect resumes and look for candidates that have experience in a similar role. But that does not cut it anymore. While experience is important; personality, work ethic, specific skills, intelligence and the willingness to learn and grow with your company are far more important.
Starting a business today may be easy, but the objective is to make your business a success, and maintain that success. What if your business has already seen success, but you’d like to guide it in a different direction to take it further? Or what if you have hit a roadblock finding quality staff? Using only a resume as a hiring tool means you are more likely to make an error when hiring and retaining quality employees. With all the costs associated with hiring and training new employees, why would you place your business at risk? By incorporating a multi-interview process, a thorough resume analysis, and most importantly the use of cognitive aptitude and personality tests – the battle to hire and retain quality staff can be won.