When do you trust your gut?
Don Schmitz/HR Staffing
We’ve
all heard the phrase “trust your gut” when trying
to make a big decision.” How does a recruiter apply
this advice in the hiring process?
I believe everyone who’s faced with hiring decisions,
must at times trust their gut. But when is the question.
I interviewed Kari Christesen
and Dan Altstatt, recruiters
for HR Staffing, when and if
their “gut” played a factor in hiring.
This is what they had to say;
Dan defined the word “gut”
as a guess based upon incomplete information.
“At HR Staffing, the client provides us an outline of
skills, background and personalities that best fit their environment.
When I’m searching for candidates, I’m really
assessing factors that the client sees as most important.
I try to stay away from gut decisions, but ultimately it can
play a role in my decision.”
Kari stated it’s hard to
find the “perfect candidate” and often trusts
her gut when she has to make the final decision.
Kari believes that the candidate’s personality, experience,
education, availability, and financial and geographic expectations
are the biggest factors she looks for in potential employees.
“Ultimately, after I spend sixty days of identifying
the strengths and weaknesses and grow tired of the boss breathing
down my throat, I trust my gut to make the best hiring decision.”
I
invite you to share your thoughts. When and how do YOU use
your gut in hiring decisions?
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of this article cannot be accomplished without the expressed
consent of Human Resource Staffing. Don Schmitz is a popular
speaker and writer on all aspects of HR and CEO of Human Resource
Staffing. Don holds graduate degrees in Education, Administration
and Human Development.
Contact Don@HumanResourceStaffingInc.com
952 854 6040
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