Today, culture is extremely important to the success of a business. Hiring managers have learned that hiring for skill, as well as, cultural fit is beneficial in more than one way to a company. In fact, most successful hiring managers have learned that involving the team in the hiring process is key to finding the right fit.
Including your team in the hiring process has multiple benefits. When the team is involved in choosing their next teammate, they will look for someone that will be a cohesive fit, and will work towards the common goal. Here are a few ways which you can involve the team in your next hire:
- Job Description – it is best to allow the team to draft the job description for the open position. They know best the exact qualifications and skills that are needed, which will help improve the applicants you will receive for the position.
- Interviews – while many hiring managers will argue that interviewing is a skill, and should only be done by experienced hiring managers, other successful managers will tell you that conducting team interviews is most productive. These people will be working with the hired individual, so who better to get a feel for the right fit than your team.
- Recommendations – allow the team to make recommendations. This may be a recommendation they know for the position, or a recommendation from the interviews they participated in. Take their recommendations seriously, as they will feel they have chosen the best fit.
- Onboarding – it is important that even after the hire, the team is involved in the on boarding of the new employee. Allow them to help with the training schedule, and determine when and how to move the new hire through the training process.
Allowing your existing team to be a part of the hiring process can result in you finding the best employee. Not only will this make your team happy, but will help in the retention of the new employee. This will strengthen your company culture!
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