Hiring Effective Employees Isn’t Easy To Do

Hiring effective employees is not an easy thing to do. Just ask any hiriing manager or person in charge of Human Resources duties. The old adage, “good help is hard to find” is very correct, especially when it comes to skilled, qualified help.

I got a kick out of Darlene’s post at Interview Chatter. The woman on this YouTube is classic and a major reason why hiring effective employees isn’t easy to do. When you have to find professional and skilled people to help you run your company, what should you look for?

• People who are passionate about what they do and not those who simply want to “draw a check.”
• People who are knowledgeable about the company’s industry. If you are looking at taking on an apprentice, they need to at least have a teachable  personality.
• People who have upbeat, positive attitudes. Nothing like working with someone who hates their lives. And hates yours too.

Back years ago when I was in traditional corporate America, I used to be a hiring manager at a staffing company. My job involved interviewing and hiring applicants for clients that had staffing needs that ranged from industrial settings to office settings. My days would wonderfully consist of deciphering an applicant’s resume or “work sheet” to helping them form complete sentences to be able to articulate their work ethic to potential employable clients. The thing that bothered me the most about the position was that the applicants did not take their interviews seriously. They felt that until they got the job, they wouldn’t step up their game or “show-off” for us, the middleman. What a mistake! They didn’t realize that they needed to impress me just as much as they needed to impress the client. I was their window to opportunity and unfortunately they didn’t treat it as such.

What has been the most disastrous interview you’ve done or been given? Do share.