4 Steps to Hiring the Best and Building Amazing Teams
INTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE.
Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed Omar L. Harris.
The link between team formation and hiring is explicit. As a leader, you need to know what you want and need in your people — before you decide what is achievable. If you put the what before the whom, you may find yourself with a strong disconnect between your goals and the talent you hired to help reach them. Objectives are achieved because of the people involved, not despite them.
There are four key steps to hiring the talent it will take to build an amazing team and achieve your objectives. Apply them in sequence, and at each stage, convene with your hiring team to discuss the performance of each candidate and reach consensus on who to advance, and why. That’s how you build a dream team, and avoid costly hiring mistakes:
1. Screening. Screening starts even before there are people involved. First, create a great job description. According to Glassdoor.com, an effective job description will make candidates aware of your open jobs and your organization; target qualified candidates (and save time spent looking at the wrong resumes); optimize your recruiting budget by attracting the ideal candidates and discouraging those less than ideal; and prevent “Buyer’s Remorse” by providing all the information hires need to come on board with no regrets.
Then, leverage behavior-based interviewing — which predicts future performance based on past situational behavior — to screen for the application of skills, knowledge, and experience. Make sure to set the minimum bar for applicants to proceed to the
next round.
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