3 risks when hiring new staff
How to reduce these 3 risks when hiring new staff. You will see many faces come and go through the doors, but that’s business for you.
Everything is unknown until the candidate starts, you won’t know what they are like until they settle in.
If a candidate prepares and knows exactly what they need to do they’ll sail through the interview. But that doesn’t mean they are getting through on their own abilities. Meaning they can be a huge risk as they might not be right for the job.
Also, a lot of candidates use job opportunities whilst they are working towards other goals. For example; starting their own business or travelling.
Here is the main risk when hiring new staff.
Will they stay?
The biggest questions employers will ask themselves. Is what and who you are offering and investing in going to be worth it? The problem is you will never know until you take the risk. You will need to trust your judgement.
No one wants to spend time and money for one person, for them to be poor on the job or leave in a month or two.
Will they be worth the investment?
You don’t want to go through the long recruitment process to find a candidate you think fits, but, in reality, they’re poor on the job.
A CV is not always a trustworthy source. Anyone can tell a white lie when they’re explaining about their previous experiences. Easy to say the achieved something that they were only in the team for and didn’t actually have much of an impact.
Will they fit in?
The candidate could be the perfect fit for the job to have all the experience and great for the company. But they can’t work with the team. You not only have to think about whether they are right for the role. You should also think if they will fit within the company culture.
If someone doesn’t quite fit in with the team this could have a negative effect and in turn affect performances. The negative effects could in some cases cause people to leave because of the atmosphere.
How to deal with these.
These are just the worst-case scenarios and recruiting doesn’t always pan out like this. You should really trust your gut when recruiting, and if you’ve done it for a while, you’ll catch the bad signs early.
The best way to avoid these problems is communication. You could arrange an outing with the team before hiring them. This will give you a good idea whether they will fit in with the team. Or have a trial, where they come in for a few days to see how they perform.
Final comments.
There will always be some sort of risk when hiring someone new for your business. But you will never find or achieve anything great if you do not take the risk.
