Best Fit Candidates
Selecting the Best Fit Candidate for the Best Hire
Regan Pepples
Bellevue University
Abstract
The purpose of this discussion is multifaceted: to explain more about the interview and hiring processes, to identify which skills hiring managers should focus on when interviewing prospective employees and to analyze how these skills affect an organization’s bottom line and workplace culture.
The Hiring Process
There are many steps in the hiring process and each organization has its own procedures to follow when selecting the best candidate to fill an open position. First, it is important to understand the function of the hiring process. Then we will look at which skills and traits hiring managers typically evaluate in prospective employees, how these skills are assessed and potential benefits or detriments organizations may encounter after a candidate has been selected. …show more content…
Two significant components that interviewers evaluate prospective employees on are technical skills and behavioral traits. These two aspects of a person are indicators of job fit that many hiring managers use to make final hiring decisions (Coverdill & Finlay, 1998). Choosing the best-fit candidate for a job is important because a high rate of employee turnover can be costly, negatively impact morale and degrade quality of products or services provided by an organization. At times, the final decision is between two candidates: one offering superior technical skills but somewhat lacking in desirable behavioral traits and the other possessing the baseline of knowledge and technical skills to do the job while appearing to be a far better fit in terms of behavioral skills. It is then the hiring manager takes on the tricky task of choosing which requirement is more important- technical or
Regan Pepples
Bellevue University
Abstract
The purpose of this discussion is multifaceted: to explain more about the interview and hiring processes, to identify which skills hiring managers should focus on when interviewing prospective employees and to analyze how these skills affect an organization’s bottom line and workplace culture.
The Hiring Process
There are many steps in the hiring process and each organization has its own procedures to follow when selecting the best candidate to fill an open position. First, it is important to understand the function of the hiring process. Then we will look at which skills and traits hiring managers typically evaluate in prospective employees, how these skills are assessed and potential benefits or detriments organizations may encounter after a candidate has been selected. …show more content…
Two significant components that interviewers evaluate prospective employees on are technical skills and behavioral traits. These two aspects of a person are indicators of job fit that many hiring managers use to make final hiring decisions (Coverdill & Finlay, 1998). Choosing the best-fit candidate for a job is important because a high rate of employee turnover can be costly, negatively impact morale and degrade quality of products or services provided by an organization. At times, the final decision is between two candidates: one offering superior technical skills but somewhat lacking in desirable behavioral traits and the other possessing the baseline of knowledge and technical skills to do the job while appearing to be a far better fit in terms of behavioral skills. It is then the hiring manager takes on the tricky task of choosing which requirement is more important- technical or