Organizations must find the best candidate for a job among a pool of many applicants. Which basic selection criterion do you feel is the most critical in hiring? Give a rationale for your decision along with examples:
Which basic selection criterion do you feel is the most critical in hiring?
Organizations must find the best candidate for a job among a pool of many applicants. Which basic selection criterion do you feel is the most critical in hiring? Give a rationale for your decision along with examples:
Education and experience.
Skills and abilities.
Personal characteristics.
Hiring for fit.
More details;
Bringing someone into your organization is perhaps one of the most important business decisions you will make. Every employee is an extension of your brand and how they represent your company reflects your company.
This is exacerbated in the brave new world of social media as people’s professional and personal lives continue to blur. There is no place to “hide” an employee anymore. A quick Google, Facebook, Linkedin or Twitter search can reveal a lot of information about an individual. And now most professionals before meetings will do just that—search online for information about the person they are about to meet. Sometimes they do it just to put a name to a face, but more often than not they get much more information—hobbies, entertainment likes and dislikes, work and personal associates, political and religious affiliations and so on. And while you cannot discriminate against people for their age, race, religion or sexual preference, you need to be discerning when it comes to their behavior and how they represent themselves and then make the decision whether it’s appropriate for your business.
The point is, every person in your organization represents your organization, and also information about that individual can usually be easily acquired.
So what is a prospective employee to do? Firstly, companies should establish and enforce strict guidelines about what their employees communicate about their professional lives over social media. You can’t, and never should, control their personal lives, but how they represent themselves—and, in turn, your organization—is certainly a concern. While you want the most qualified person available, you don’t want someone who will misrepresent your organization and its values.
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