job suitability - Dawson Consulting Group

Suitability AND Eligibility.. The winning combination in HR that can help you find the win/win candidate.

Choosing the best candidate to recruit and hire is not an easy task. However, hiring right the first time can save you a lot of time and your company a lot of money. Today forward thinking companies are using HSM’s and new tools to choose the best candidates. A successful HR manager will use tools that focus on both “suitability AND eligibility” to attract and retain good candidates.

Some recruiters make the mistake of hiring people only for their qualifications, resulting in bad hires related to behavioral weaknesses.

Other recruiters make the mistake of over-emphasizing behavioral factors by eliminating people only on the basis of their behavioral assessments. Sometimes they even unfairly eliminate candidates based on a single behavioral factor. Behavioral assessments should be part of the overall assessment that includes qualifications such as experience, education, and skills. That’s why the Harrison system provides a unique eligibility assessment that complements the suitability assessment, providing an overall score for better hiring and succession planning.

“What do you like to do?”

Wouldn’t that be a great question for the job applicant to hear from an interviewer? It would signal to the job seeker that the organization, the one they are considering working at for eight hours a day, 40-50 weeks a year, actually cares about them.

It would signal that they understand that if you enjoy doing the majority of tasks the job requires, you would most likely be successful at those tasks. When you take on a new position, your past experiences become interwoven with your new duties.

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Suitability and Eligibility- The Win Win Candidate

“What do you like to do?”

“What do you like to do?”