Selecting the Right People to Join Your Team  

10th October 2008

The reason people select the wrong person is because they don’t ask the right questions in the interview, they don’t probe to uncover real competencies and capabilities, they don’t explore the person’s true personality and attitude, and they get swayed by enjoyable ‘chats’ that should in fact be probing interviews.
 
We all like to work with people we like, but we also need to make sure those people we employ are going to deliver and produce results for us. The process of selecting the right person is both subjective and objective, but it does need to be a process.
 
Focus on doing these 7 things:
 
  1. Know what you want done – write the Position Description first.
 
  1. List the attributes of the sort of person you want (not physical attributes..!)
 
  1. Understand your culture – be honest – and know what sort of person would or wouldn’t fit that.
 
  1. Then, after you’ve done that, meet and interview.
 
  1. Don’t be swayed by anything other than your original set of criteria, because that is what you want.
 
  1. After the interview, give the person a rating against your set of criteria, and use that objective method of assessment to recruit the right person into your team.
 
  1. You could also go to http://www.bossgroup.com.au/products/28 and download the 12-Step People Management Blueprint and simply follow the 12 steps! It really is that easy! (But hurry! The price will increase significantly after May 30th, 2008, so if you purchase before then you’ll make a big saving!)
 
 
 
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