While skills and work experience are necessary considerations when hiring, it is also important to look at how your team members will fit in your company culture.
Each business has a unique culture or quirk, something that differs them from the rest or makes it stand out. We have talked about it previously on our blog, about why it is important to see if they are a good match to what you already having going on in your business.
When you hire for culture fit, you have the opportunity to attract real talent, and experience higher employee satisfaction and happiness, and better work performance.
So, along with assessing your business, you also have to identify what your own unique company culture is. Recognizing this will make the hiring processes more efficient, and will minimize turnovers just because the new person doesn’t work well with the others.
Look at the key people this worker will communicate and collaborate with the most. Take note of their personality and quirks. A candidate may have the required skills, but if they cannot get along with his teammates, then it will not work in the long-run.
When hiring for culture fit, it is important to ask these questions:
This may take time, but doing so will be worth it when you find the one who is the right fit for your business.
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