3 Advantages to Recruiting the Right People, the First Time
Why is hiring (and onboarding, and training) the right people the first time so important to an organization’s success? It gives a company three huge advantages; time, money, and momentum! The most successful employers in the world have one thing in common: They make a planned effort to hire best-fit candidates, onboard them thoroughly, and then encourage them to spend years in productive work! Companies who cannot be bothered to hire great candidates can waste thousands of dollars and dozens of man-hours trying to make square pegs fit into round holes.
3 Advantages to Recruiting the Right People, the First Time
1) Time
Training is an investment in your workforce. You invest dozens of hours in each new associate, expecting that associate to use that time to learn how to do the job to the best of their ability. Right-fit candidates take the same amount of money (perhaps less) to train as those candidates who aren’t a good fit, but they keep that time and effort working for the company for many years. Candidates who are a poor fit will be unhappy in their jobs, are less productive and can cause conflict and slow projects in a way that can lower an entire team’s productivity, and then they take their training hours and training pay and leave!
2) Money
Recruiting, hiring, and training cost money, but it’s funds well spent! Again, talent acquisition is an investment in creating a happy, productive workforce who is dedicated to learning and growing into positions they will hold for years to come. Employers who plan ahead are betting their new hires will offer a return on that investment of hard work, creative solutions, dedication, and productivity. For every year that employee works for you, those recruiting, hiring, and training dollars have stretched further and further, and the employer’s risk pays off.
3) Momentum.
Teams who work well together for years, build momentum. They learn to read each other, become job experts, and inspire one another. These are the same dedicated senior employees who often train new hires in that same expertise as a part of their work day. This leads to faster, better, and more productive work patterns. Whether it’s IT, designing and implementing factory work-flow, or any job, the best fit candidates are the ones who will stay, pass on their institutional knowledge, and take a personal interest in doing their jobs well. This builds positive momentum toward getting the job done right.
Interested in improving your hiring, onboarding, and training? Contact Step Up Recruiting today to find out what we offer, and how we can help you improve your organization’s productivity and morale while maximizing the impact of your investment in new hires! More than just hiring professionals, we can help you improve longevity and morale by helping your hire, onboard, and train the right people the first time!
