Everything
in the business journals points to a dramatic shortage of talent in the
workplace today. I can’t
tell you how many articles on “hiring for attitude” I have read in the
past three months. If all of this is true, then I know one thing for
sure. Companies must change their approach when it comes to the
selection of new hires.
Recruiting
today is much more difficult than it has been in the past. Finding
qualified people for certain
job roles is becoming a real art. It is certainly a fact of life that
our management talent pool is shrinking and that experience or
specialization is in great demand. Experience or technical proficiency
has become a commodity and the hiring focus has shifted
toward attitude. And this shift has precipitated tactical changes in
how job selection is being conducted. It is important that you focus on
your talent management processes before it is too late.
Here are some suggestions for recruiting and selection improvement:
1.
It
is important that you use the most talented employees in your company
to help with the recruiting process. You can use them to create a
benchmark
or hiring profile that is truly representative of what you need in your
workplace to be highly successful.
2.
Use
a well defined Behavioral Interviewing Process that includes a
scorecard based on the people that achieve at a high level in that
particular
position and what accounts for high achievement.
