How do you get insight to hire the right candidate?

  • Post published:15/02/2023
  • Reading time:4 mins read

Hire right or...Just one wrong hire can cost your organization up to three times the salary for the position.

The costs of a bad hire are huge, and studies reveal that as high as 46% of new hires are terminated, leave under pressure, or receive disciplinary action and negative reviews within their first 18 months on the job.

Ask yourself this!

Research also shows that behaviour (personality) drives 89% of hiring failures, while technical skills only account for 11%.

How do you make sure you find people who are motivated (personality) in a given job and have the cognitive capacity (intelligence) to handle the complexity in the job; in short, a perfect person-job match!

So, what are you focusing on when interviewing?

Personality, attitude, intelligence – or mostly technical skills?

How to measure personality and intelligence

Woman eye in enlarge glassBy applying the Predictive Index assessments to your hiring process, you can identify the ideal candidate, match the applicants or candidates to the job profile/target, and secure the right fit.

Because the PI tools are quick and easy to use, you can also save time and decrease the risk of losing great candidates because of a lengthy hiring process.

  • In today’s job market, it is more important than ever to get your hiring decision right.

The PI tools give you the confidence to find the right person for the job quickly while saving your company time and resources.

As an added bonus, you heighten your company’s ethical standards by applying scientific data which increases objectivity and fairness.

Use Situational Leadership but how?

People have different preferences for the type of work that invigorates them and also how they approach new tasks/situations.

Knowledge about your employee’s needs and drives and very important also learning ability will tell you what the right approach to onboarding this particular person is.

So while the PI assessments are excellent strategic recruitment tools for choosing who to hire, they are also great for helping you ensure your new employee is off to a great start.

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Tom Sorensen

Tom Sorensen is an executive search veteran with over 25 years of experience recruiting in Asia, Europe, and Africa. He has worked in executive search in Thailand since 2003 and is recognized as one of the country’s top recruiters and most profiled headhunters.