Finding the Right Fit: Is Values-Based Recruiting Right for Your Organization?
Posted May 19th, 2011
When employers are looking to fill an open position, one of the critical things they often look for is someone with “the right fit.”
This type of individual is someone who will fit in easily with a firm’s or department’s culture. It often can mean the difference between a successful or failed hire.
To help them find people with the “right fit,” companies often turn to what is known as “values-based recruiting” in which a business puts together those behaviors that match its corporate values. The firm then goes about assessing candidates for these behaviors. This usually results in new employees value the things the department/company does.
Yet, as successful and smart hiring someone who’s a good fit can be, there are times a firm may want to hire someone who’s a bit “different.” Someone who can bring a different way of looking at business and your company’s place in it.
To find such people, your company should put together a new model that outlines the behaviors and attributes associated with taking your firm in a new direction. You’ll need to fashion new goals and create a list of the skills, competencies, background, and values that someone in a new position will possess to help you reach those new goals.
If you need help either coming up with competencies, attributes and values to find people with “the right fit” for your firm as it currently stands, or if you want to find people who will shake your firm up — in the right way — come to Bayside Solutions. We can help San Francisco-area firms find great employees for direct-hire, temporary and temp-to-hire opportunities. We look forward to hearing from you.
