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Hiring the right people is more important than hiring a star employee
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Hiring the right people is more important than hiring a star employee
Wrong employees harm the businesses. Without the right culture fit employees struggle to work as a team. As per Netflix one business’s A player may be B player for another business.
Culture fit does not mean hiring people who click together or who can have beer together. It’s about matching people with the right skills and experiences with the values of the business. Business culture should translate into strategy. Southwest Airlines culture is about ‘fun and love’, which translates into their treatment of their travellers. It’s not about the gut feeling. There should be a system of behaviour assessment and scorecards to find the right employees. Listing meaningful qualifications other than education degrees attracts right people.
As per Harvard Business Review: the idea of hiring for culture fit has become controversial. Our work suggests it need not be. Most of the controversy boils down to a single key issue: the wrong definition of culture fit. The confusion over what culture fit is has given rise to a number of common misconceptions.
First, you need to measure the actual values of the organization or team. This is done by measuring the values of each employee in the organization or team using a standardized value instrument. Second, because the goal is to compare the candidate’s values to those of the organization or team, the value assessment of the candidate should be done using the same standardized instrument. Third, you want to objectively compare the candidate’s value profile with that of the overall organization or team. Using algorithms can help minimize bias at this step.
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