Most managers consider themselves to be excellent recruiters and rave about how great they are at picking the right person for the job; to the point where they will even say that they “will know” if the person is right within the first two minutes of the interview.

So why is it that on average only about 26% of employees in any team or organisation are recognised as being Top Performers?

and….

Why is it that the informal recruitment processes that most managers use, result in less than 20% of employees being fully engaged in the workplace?

The reason is because the screening and recruitment processes used by most managers are completely subjective and unstructured resulting in a 74% incidence of selecting non-top performers but a 100% success rate in selecting someone they like!

Why is more emphasis placed on “like” instead of “fit”? Because deep down the last thing they want is someone who will be difficult to manage.

So what is the answer?

Surprsingly it is a common sense approach that selects top performers based on what makes them top performers with YOUR organization. The answer is to focus to the four critical aspects of Fit - Fit with the Job, Fit with the Manager, Fit with the Team and Fit with the Organisation.

Interested in learning more? check out our website dedicated to this principle at www.HiringSmart.ca