How to make sure your hiring decision is the smart move

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Hiring anyone and bringing them into your firm as a staff member is an investment not only in your firm, but the person who accepts that new role with you. That said, staff members are in a unique position in terms of the risk they carry with them. This is because staff members will begin to slowly understand how your business operates, may one day have access to sensitive information, may be responsible for a good portion of your daily functioning, and of course, will bring their own creativity, practicality and visionary thinking to the role in question.

For this reason, the approach you take to hiring matters. To start with, this involves making our company the kind of space where people actually want to come and work, particularly those with good skills to offer. That said, it’s also true that in order to minimize those potential and aforementioned risks, we need to think of a few ways we can look ahead and counter problems that may be caused through laziness now, at this vital juncture.

Without further ado, let’s consider what this may involve:

Pre-Employment Medical Exams
It’s a great idea to embark on pre employment medical inspections, not so you have a confidential understanding of the health of your potential hires (as this is confidential information), but that you know they’re well enough to do the job, that they have all of their vaccinations (this is becoming an even more hot topic as many companies are starting to mandate Covid-19 vaccinations to work there), and more. Having this performed by a professional, confidential service can help you both move on knowing problems like this are unlikely to raise their head.

Vet Their References
Many businesses require references from their applications, but few actually take the time to confirm these are correct. Even a quick phone call to make sure that someone did work at a given company, asking how they were as an employee, and more can show that your potential recruit was perfectly candid in providing this information and had people to back them. Even if the past employer has mixed impressions of this person, that should show integrity and a willingness to apply with honesty.

A Trial Shift Or Social Situation
It’s good to give a trial shift from time to time, but that might not be applicable depending on the kind of business you run. If you’re running a fitness supplement company and a high level executive is coming into the firm, it might be good to invite them out and see how they treat waiting staff, or even work out with them to see how they act under pressure, or give them a quick case study to discuss how they might bring ideas to a given situation. This can help you assess the character of a person as opposed to their listed credentials, or in support of them.

With this advice, we hope you can make sure your hiring decision is the smart move.