Beat Your Competition with These New Year s Hiring Resolutions
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Outperform Your Competition with These New Year’s Hiring Resolutions
As the New Year begins, while many are heading to the gym or trying to quit smoking, you have a unique opportunity to outpace your competition with effective hiring strategies. Here’s how you can build a stronger workforce in 2006.
Hire Slowly, Fire Quickly
A crucial resolution for the New Year is to avoid last-minute hiring and to address underperformance promptly. Hiring often gets pushed down the list for managers, leading to rushed decisions. This year, be proactive in your hiring approach. Take the time necessary to find the right candidates, reducing future management headaches from poor hiring choices.
Additionally, commit to letting go of employees who consistently fail to meet expectations. Although challenging, setting clear performance standards will help you make more informed decisions about termination.
Avoid Overselling Your Job Openings
A common hiring pitfall is becoming overly eager to persuade great candidates to join your team, which can lead to mismatches and unexpected turnover. Instead, create realistic performance expectations for each role, including a timeline for the first 30 to 180 days, based on the job’s complexity.
Communicate these expectations clearly to potential hires, and discuss possible challenges openly. This transparency will help filter out less motivated candidates and attract those ready for the task.
Move Beyond First Impressions
How many times have initial impressions led you to hire someone who didn’t perform as expected? Emotions can cloud judgment, causing overlooked talent or poor choices based on presentation skills rather than ability.
To avoid this, prepare a list of competencies to evaluate before interviews. Commit to not allowing first impressions to dictate your decisions. Conduct thorough interviews with targeted questions, and wait 30 minutes post-interview before reviewing notes to focus on substantive answers, not just delivery style.
Build Partnerships, Not Vendor Relationships
A recent study by the American Staffing Association found that while Fortune 500 companies value partnerships with staffing suppliers, only 40% see them as true partners. Many companies treat staffing firms as vendors rather than strategic allies.
Change this by involving your staffing supplier in workforce development meetings, helping them understand your business challenges. Develop a strategic staffing plan together to address these issues as your business and the economy evolve.
This year, transform your hiring process from an unpredictable event into a reliable practice. Make 2006 a milestone year for your workforce.
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