Culture-Centric Hiring

What is company culture?

Company culture goes beyond superficial ideals; it's the backbone of an organization's identity and values. Effective recruitment management ensures that candidates not only meet skill requirements but also embody the principles that shape employee behavior. For instance, in sectors like healthcare, hiring practices should prioritize traits like compassion and responsibility to uphold the organization's core values and mission.

Defining your culture is important to understanding what behaviors and beliefs are required when working within the organization and what the organization stands for. It can help employees to be committed to their jobs and improve their performance when there is a clear alignment between the organization's beliefs and those of the employee.

Company culture should encompass everything you do, and both employees and leaders should try to accommodate it at every opportunity.

What does it mean to "hire for culture"?

Hiring for culture focuses on the candidate's values, motives and attitude, rather than focusing solely on experience and skills (whether soft or hard). This allows an interviewer to understand how much a person's values ​​mean and whether they exhibit behaviors that align with the company's values. It is also a rewarding process for the candidate to find out if they align with the values ​​and if they can envision themselves working at a company with those values.

There are a number of ways that hiring for values ​​can be incorporated into the hiring process.

• Group assessments

One of the most practical ways to incorporate values ​​into the hiring process is through the use of group assessments. This may include tasks that test candidates' ability to express and demonstrate the company's values. Group observations can be useful in assessing whether a candidate behaves in a way that aligns with the company's values.

• Values-based interview

Unlike the traditional competency-based interview, a values-based interview may focus more on how a candidate exhibits behaviors and responses related to a set of core values. It can be useful to include some values-based questions to help an interviewer understand whether a candidate's priorities align with their goals and to consider whether the person is a good fit for the organization overall.

• Personality Questionnaires

These can be customized to assess the values ​​that are important to a company. Clients can select the relevant personality scales to be used in our personality questionnaires to determine how well a candidate performs on a specific value.

Why should I hire people based on company culture?

Hiring based on company culture or values ​​can bring a variety of benefits to an organization that may not be achieved by simply hiring based on skills.

• Hiring the Right Person

Knowing from the outset whether a candidate is a good fit for the organization can help avoid unnecessary hiring costs and ensure the job is done right by the right person with the right values. Values-based hiring can be integrated into various aspects of assessments, making it multifunctional.

• Improves employee retention

Hiring based on values ​​helps determine whether the candidate is a good fit for the company and whether the company is a good fit for them, which often helps retain employees long-term. When people align with values, they are more likely to be compatible with the company and enjoy their work.

• Boosts employee engagement and motivation

Hiring employees with the appropriate values ​​should avoid cultural disconnection and disinterest in work. You can always train a person to do their job, but it is much harder to teach a person to share the organization's values.

In summary

Incorporating some form of values-based soft skills assessment into your hiring process can be beneficial for both the recruiter and the candidate to ensure an all-around good fit for the job. Tailoring this personality questionnaire to your company's values ​​can be an effective way to do this.

By focusing on a candidate's values, motives and attitude rather than just their experience and skills, companies can hire people who are a good fit for the company and are more likely to be engaged, motivated and committed to the role.

Incorporating values-based assessments, such as cognitive ability tests, values-based interviews and personality questionnaires, can help companies better gauge whether a candidate's behavior and reactions align with their core values ​​and overall culture.

Overall, hiring by company culture can improve employee engagement, retention and motivation and save on recruiting costs by finding the right person with the right values ​​from the start.

Incorporating values-based hiring practices not only enhances workplace harmony but also strengthens organizational resilience. IceHrm supports tailored hiring solutions that prioritize cultural fit.