Employee Selection

Employee Selection is a vital concern to your business.  Industry studies prove that a bad hire can cost a company 150% of the terminated employee's annual salary, not to mention the effect a bad hire can have on the long-term viability of the business.

Regardless of how wonderful your company is, there will always be turnover. People will always leave.

How do you hire people who have the character, intellect and dedication to take your company where you want it to go? How do you keep them? How do you avoid poor performance and bad hires? How do you control the turnover costs that kill competitive advantage?

One way to minimize the bad hires is to take a look at the hiring process.

Employee selection should be a systematic process.  The hiring process should be a series of steps that the prospective employee is directed through.   Every step of the way,  through the interview process,  background check, reference check, candidates are screened.  The process would consist of qualification requirements, tests, and reference checks that establish the prospective employee's qualifications and skill sets. 

When it comes to employee selection, companies must answer a few key questions. First of all, What is the general selection criteria and who will be involved in the interview process? Who will make the employee selection decision? 

Your job specifications should have a profile of the ideal candidate, but you will have to decide how much criterion flexibility there is, if any. Once the specifications are set, the system will be in place for the appropriate people to  conduct pre-screening, and the interview processes.

With so much a stake employee selection turns into a lengthy procedure.  Several screening measures such as reference checking, identity validation, criminal background check, credit check, driving records check (if applicable), and a drug test (if applicable) have become commonplace.  It is unfortunate, but a fact of life, nonetheless.

Whether you do all the hiring in-house and put all your employee on the payroll or you decide to outsource your human resource needs, you need good people to make the enterprise work.  You can only do everything yourself if you plan on being a one person show.

Make good employee selection choices.  Value your employees.  Show them respect.  Help them to be all they can be.  Be proud of them. Heap praise on them as much as possible.  Be ready to discipline when necessary.  Show them you care.  It will return many times more than it costs.