"In looking for people to hire,
you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they
don't have the first, the other two will kill you." — Warren Buffet, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
When I share my knowledge on HR topics
I share two slogans ‘hire slow, fire fast’ and ‘hire for attitude, train for skills’.
The audience often asks me the question why there is a need to hire employees
slow and fire them fast.
The HR recruiters invest a lot of time
to recruit the right candidates to accomplish their organizational goals and
objectives. They conduct a series of tests and interviews to recruit the right
talent with a mindset, tool set and skill set. They cannot afford to spend
their money on wrong candidates as they will become liability and also
adversely impact the healthy organizational culture. Even if some candidates
lack the right skill set and tool set, the HR recruiters emphasize more on
mindset so that they can be trained and groomed easily as per their organizational
requirements. Here the challenge is that however strong the recruitment process
might be, there is a likelihood of rotten apples entering into the basket. If
they find that the apples are rotten, they quickly fire the candidates to avert
damage to their organizations. That is the reason the HR hires the employees
slow and fires them fast if they find employees with a wrong attitude
subsequently.
Most established companies are slow to
hire the employees and fast to fire them while most start-up companies are fast
to hire the employees and slow to fire them. Since the start-up companies are eager to
expand and grow, they often hire fast. Hence, it is advisable to exercise
restraint while recruiting the right talent and terminating the services of the
wrong talent.
Companies conduct a series of tests to
recruit the right talent but no recruiting system is accurate and foolproof as
mistakes do occur. But the way out of it must be smooth, quick and humane to
set a right precedent for other employees.
A rotten employee is always a virus that can spread quickly and demoralize
other employees. At the same time, the HR recruiters must be cautious while
firing the under performers and the employees with a rotten attitude. Ensure
that the right employees are not fired due to organizational politics. Although a hundred wrong employees are hired
no right employee be fired to ensure ethics and etiquette. Additionally, there
is a war for talent globally. It is hard to get the right talent currently. Hence,
the HR recruiters must be cautious and ethical in hiring and firing their
employees.
To conclude, hiring employees is one
of the most important and challenging decisions that companies make, but all
efforts must be made to recruit the right talent with a right attitude to
ensure culture fit to achieve organizational excellence and effectiveness.
“Today, many companies are reporting
that their number one constraint on growth is the inability to hire workers
with the necessary skills.” - Bill Clinton
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