Culture
I read an interesting article in Forbes.com recently. Called CEO’s Say: How I Hire, it talks about the importance of culture fit. The article supports my opinion that hiring is like making a Rubik’s cube of decisions:
- Does the candidate have the required job-related skills?
- How about the soft skills? Communication? Problem-Solving? Teamwork?
- And do they understand the importance of a good work ethic? Will they show up on time? Or will they show up at all? And be dressed appropriately? Etc.?
- Finally, will they fit into our corporate culture? Companies with a strong corporate culture can chew new employees up and spit them out in short order if the culture fit isn’t there.
Making a good culture decision is extremely difficult. So depending on the size of your organization, using the CEO to be that ‘culture-fit’ judge makes sense. If your company is large, counting on the CEO for that decision might delay hiring, but find someone who knows and lives the culture to be the judge.
You won’t regret it!
