Recruiting Staff? - Take heed of these 4 interviewing gems

When you are recruiting staff, you base the hiring decision on skills, education and experience - correct? But what about the other end of the process, when you have to sack / fire them, what do you base that decision on? It is usually based on their behaviour - which is very interesting! Kathleen Dodaro also highlights some other valuable interviewing gems below:

• Only hire individuals you trust.  During the interview find out if the person will do the right thing when faced with a difficult situation.  Ethics are still an important trait!
• Hire candidates who can do a great job now and have growth potential as well.  Building the pipeline for future higher-level positions helps prepare organisations for the future.
• Research continues to identify the need for employers and employees to share common values.  If the employee cannot buy-in to an organisation’s corporate culture the first red flag should be raised.
• Remember that most of the time managers hire candidates based on skills, education and experience and when they fire them it is for behavior.  So, hiring a team player that possesses the appropriate behavioral traits for the job is imperative.