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Recruiting the right people into your company is critical. If you make a bad hire your company can suffer in many ways. From simply having a disruptive person in your company or someone who does not have the skills they claimed to have on their CV to someone who clashes with other key members of your team and therefore creates high levels of tension and friction.

So how do you get it right?

Well, in the first instance you need to be able to conduct a very good interview. Most people will readily agree that their interviewing skills could always be improved.

One of the common mistakes in an interview is that the candidate makes an initial impression when they walk in the door. If it is not a good impression then they are already on the wrong side of the equation - even if they are the right person for the job.

Another common mistake is that the interviewer will often unconsciously hire someone that matches his or her personality and give the position to someone they 'like' rather than the best person for the job. In some ways the latter mistake may sometimes work for you, but only if the interviewer is the person that the new Employee will be working closely with in the position.

The most common problem an interviewer will face though is the fact that they may not be experienced and confident enough to 'read' a person well. Even if they believe that they have good skills and are able to judge character how can they test their theories?

They may be able to ascertain the skills of the candidate from reading their CV and asking some probing questions regarding their background experience. But reading their personality, gauging their behaviours, understanding their motivators, learning about their working preferences and styles and determining many other key personality traits will be almost impossible to do accurately........until now.

SourceHR’s Insight behavioural interviewing system will provide you with the skills and abilities to assess candidates on a much deeper level. We are putting some behavioural science back into the recruitment process. We can teach you how to do this and become a high quality interviewer. Imagine how good your interviewing will be when you can also determine the candidate's personality, how they will perform in the role and how they will be best managed.

By learning how to deliver our Insight behavioural interviewing system you will be able to:

Identify how a person is motivated and what this means to you as a manager.

What is their frame of reference – internal or external and how will should you manage giving feedback or perhaps they just don’t need it.

Relationship – Sameness and Difference – What do they pay attention to and how will they adapt to changing circumstances in the role? Will they enjoy lots of variety or would they be better in a position that doesn’t change much?

Reason – Options and Procedures – Will they look for new ways of completing tasks or will they be happy just following the current process? Are they flexible in their thinking and can they develop new ways of working?

Chunk Size – Specific and Global – Can they work well at a strategic level or should you just utilise them in the detail. How much detail can they actually cope with?

Decision – Looks right, Sounds right, Feels right, Makes sense - How will they make their decisions, what will you need to do to influence them and get them to agree with you and to move in the direction you need them to?

Adaptation – Judgers and Perceivers – Will they follow process or are they able to think for themselves and develop new ideas?

Perception – Sensors and Intuitors – Sensors cannot see the forest for the trees and Intuitors cannot see the trees for the forest – which are they and what does this mean to you?

Primary Interest – People, Place, Activity, Things, Information – What is most important to them in a role – is it the people or perhaps they prefer what the job is all about or even how big their office is?

How will they handle conflict in the office – will they run for cover or wade in to sort things out?

Attention balance – Are they self reliant or reliant on others or balanced somewhere in between?

How do they process – Are they matchers or mismatchers?

What is their time orientation – Are they in time or through time and what will this mean to you?

Are they possibility people or necessity people?

How are they convinced?

Are they a real team player an independent or a management player?

SourceHR’s Insight behavioural interviewing system will train you to determine all these aspects of a persons behaviours and personality plus many other insights into their personal psychology. Call or enquire online now for further information click here

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