Why am I always recruiting?
You’re recruiting for the same job - again. You had to let the last person go as they weren’t up to the job (just like the person before them).
It’s not how you thought you’d spend your time when you set up your own business. Sometimes it feels like all you do is recruit - and it’s getting harder to find good people.
You know who your existing good people are – but do you know why (and why they stay with you)? Most organisations don’t – which is why it’s hard to recruit more of the same. Everyone you’ve hired recently looked just as good as your best people when you interviewed them. So why didn’t they work out?
The truth is most people can put on a performance at an interview. But when they get the job,and don’t have to try any more, you see the real person. We call it ‘evil twin syndrome’ – the person you interviewed vs who turned up on day one...
It's not just you
You’re not the only one, and it’s not because you’re a small business. It happens every day to organisations of every size because traditional tools like CVs, application forms and interviews don’t tell you enough about a person and whether they’ll fit into your business.
But how do you find out more without taking up even more time? As the saying goes “If you do what you always did, you get what you always got” - so why not try assessments?
Assessments look at applicants’ work behaviours and preferences and compare them to a benchmark made up from the results of your current top performers. They’ll help you make better people decisions by telling you how well new recruits will fit the job/company/you. They
give you information that either supports, or challenges, the decision your gut is telling you to make.
But assessments are only for big businesses
Many SME owners think assessments are not for them. All too often we hear “They’re just for big companies. They take too long. They’re way too expensive.”
WRONG, WRONG and WRONG
Just for big companies - Assessments are actually more important for small businesses than for big ones. If a big business recruits a poor performer into a workforce of 100 (or even 1000), it only has a small impact. If you recruit a poor performer into a team of 10, you notice it immediately. And it’s worse if your team’s even smaller.
Technology means that there’s no significant training requirement to use assessments. Reports are written in plain language, meaning any business can use them.
They take too long - Technology also allows assessments to be tailored to the exact length you need. You can have short assessments for junior jobs, longer for more senior. Assessments can take as little as 10 minutes or as much as an hour to complete – whatever makes the most sense for the role you’re recruiting.
They’re too expensive - A short assessment can cost as little as £50. If you think that’s still expensive, ask yourself how much it’s costing you, each time you recruit the wrong person.
The process is simple. Your provider will:
Help you decide what to measure
Create a benchmark using your current top performers
Measure your applicants against the benchmark
Provide a simple, informative report to use during the interview
Simple!!
If you were having a problem with your product or service, and someone offered you a solution, you’d look at it, wouldn’t you? So why not look for a solution to your recruitment problems?
Assessments are designed to help you recruit the right person first time, every time. Once you’ve found out how simple it is, you’ll never go back.
Martin Goodwill is CEO of Great People Inside, an assessment business based in Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire. |
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