Hiring the right people is one of the biggest challenges in all of business. The people you work with are your bread and butter – the element of your business that has the potential to add the most value.
But when you speak to most company owners and entrepreneurs, you soon find that they’re not entirely happy with the people they employ. Around a fifth of businesses say that they can’t find the people with the right skills. And nearly half of all large companies surveyed by PwC say that they are unhappy with non-technical aspects of their workforces, including things like people skills.
The question for entrepreneurs, therefore, is why they’re not getting the people they want. Take a look at some of these reasons you might be failing.
Candidates Don’t Care About Your Business
As an entrepreneur, you might think that your business is on an important mission to change the world. But it’s unlikely that your hires will feel the same. For them, a job with you is just a way of getting money, possibly until something slightly better comes along.
Smart entrepreneurs know that if they want to get the best out of people, they have to provide them with a purpose – a reason to get up in the morning and be exciting about work. It’s your job, therefore, as a boss to generate this excitement in your place of work so that each person in your team knows why they’re working for you and why what they are doing is so important.
You Are Using The Wrong Recruitment Channels
You might think that advertising a job on a large job site might be the best way to attract new talent. And it’s true; this strategy works for some companies. But recruitment media has changed a great deal in the last few years, thanks to the internet, allowing companies to target potential new hires with more precision. You want to know your target employee pool, which is why it sometimes pays to get somebody to help you with the process.
You Pay The Industry Average Salary
Many companies say that they only hire the best. But when you think about it, this makes no sense logically. Not all companies can hire the best because there is a range of skill and talent across any class of employee.
If you want to get the best people, you often have to pay more for them – or at least provide them with benefits for working with you that will make them want to stay, even if they could earn more money elsewhere.
Hires Don’t Like Management
According to OP Info, more than 13 per cent of people say that they had to leave their job last year because they didn’t get on with their manager. And while it’s true that some employees just aren’t cut out for taking instructions, in many situations, it’s the managers themselves that are letting your business down. Remember, replacing people costs a lot of money, so it pays to get managers who can deal with people skillfully and ensure that they don’t look for work elsewhere.
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