Let Your Employees Hire for You
Posted January 21, 2014 & filed under Hiring Resources
Unless you are hiring a personal assistant who will only be interacting with you, your team could be the key to hiring the right candidate. Involving your employees in the hiring process can help you to reduce turnover (along with the costs associated with it) and boost morale across the entire office.
As a department manager or lead, you may be spending a lot of time with a new hire, but your team will be spending infinitely more. Involving your employees in the hiring process is a great help because:
They understand the work
One of the top reasons to include your employees in the hiring process is because they understand fully what it takes to work there. Sure, you understand the overall goals of the department, the direction of the company, and what skills you are looking for in the perfect candidate. But it is your employees who are down in the trenches. They understand what it takes to succeed at the day-to-day tasks and challenges that are put before them, and they are in a terrific position to counsel you on whether or not a particular candidate has what it takes.
They are the culture
Who better to judge whether or not the candidate is a good match for the company than your team? The best part about including your employees in the hiring process is that they can provide you with personal impressions of a person (rather than relying solely on their skills). If the candidate is not going to fit in with the team, now is the time to know.
Allowing a potential candidate time to question employees while you are not present can open up greater insights. The candidate may ask questions that he or she is hesitant to ask you, and your employees may give the candidate information that you won’t. This will greatly increase the likeliness of hiring a good fit while reducing the chances of costly rehires.
They may spot something you don’t
Like having an extra pair of eyes to edit a piece of writing, your employees may catch something that you did not during the initial interview. When candidates are questioned by employees rather than hiring managers they are more likely to let down their guard, possibly revealing certain red flags that could prevent you from hiring the wrong person.
It will empower them
Job satisfaction is a huge determinant of productivity in that employees who feel distant from the company are less likely to work hard. By including your employees in the hiring process you are showing them that they do matter in the grand scheme of things. This will increase their feeling of involvement in the company, their job satisfaction, and ultimately their overall performance.
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By Kevin Withers
