Whether you need someone now or you were looking to fill in a role in the past I am certain that you faced this question already: "Is this applicant the right person for my company?".
Well the only way to decide this beside the facts that "time will tell" is follow: PRIORITISE YOUR COMPANY'S NEEDS AND ACT ACCORDINGLY.
The more interviews I took part and the more companies I dealt with the more I realised that most of them have no clue what they want except: "I wan't the best person to fill that job".
Now I am asking you: until you (as a manager or a company owner) are not clear with your company's needs and from those which one needs to be met first in order to achieve fast and effective your long term goals, why do you expect from others to be top notch in a role, to be able to prioritise and to actually know the word "PRIORITISING" from day one?
And the list of expectations for the BEST CANDIDATE:
- Run all the errands with professional manner and ensure tasks are delivered as required ("do what I tell you but when shit hits in be the first to be blamed for")
- Take responsibility for actions and use own initiative ("but please, not without my approval")
- Support team spirit (but don't forget "I as your manager must like it only")
- Have qualifications from one of the best high education institutions (no one actually cares, but at least "we can show others that you came from a great uni so WE ARE COOL")
- Capable of handling pressure (THIS PLACE is a stress nest filled with literally nuts people so candidate has to be min. ok with that)
- Take part in a week full time unpaid training (because "we don't trust applicants, why to waste money on them?" so guess what, they won't waste their time on you either. If your budgeting system is really that s* I don't even know why you want the best on board)
- To provide and deliver tasks as and when required by superiors (OK, here I don't want to be mean, but when they write this that means the applicant is dead and believe me, some companies will put them there to clean the toilet... Have seen it...)
Have 2+ years experience (sometimes even in a role that no one actually did before, or was just invented by your company and is so easy to do that even a child with no experience can sort)
- "Don't forget how great it will look on your CV that you worked for an award winning establishment" (yes, sadly this is reality and it's pity, specially when your company thinks that this is the winning quote of the day...)
- Are happy to commit on a long term ("even though the candidates goals aren't met, our company's one should be", right and I am Mother Theresa...)
AND THE LIST COULD GO ON and is massive believe me...
Also loads of managerial/ directorial roles are filled with incompetent people (no skills, no brain, no face and at the end no number to reach them on and discuss any work related matter, because they can -and your staff can't - do that...)
Now back to the main point if you want to hire the best on board, be clear of your NEEDS!, PRIORITIZE!, PLAN and ACT oh and one more thing: TRANSFERABLE SKILLS ARE CALLED "TRANSFERABLE" WITH AAAA REEEASON!!! :D
The train won't wait so just get on and start doing whatever necessary and DON'T BE EGOISTIC but REALISTIC INSTEAD!
Good applicants know what they want and they won't settle on a long run with shitty deals so either you be quiet and continue with the shallow way you did till now or you provide a fair and great option for everyone and make great deals.
Best & fast of luck to your new employee/s!
This is actually what most of the time is going on when you have problem "not getting" the best ones (which you might already have but you are too "busy" to realize it... zorryyy... )
