Hiring Smart – Competency Modeling!

Many of us trust our instinct or our “gut” when it comes to making hiring decisions. Often we make hiring decisions based upon a resume or employment application and a brief interview. We tend to hire people who we like or people who give us a good feeling about their capabilities. Sometimes we make great choices and sometimes we make bad choices.

Competency modeling can help align people with the skills necessary to perform specific job duties or functions in your organization. A competency model, typically defined as a group of characteristics that drive high levels of performance in particular job or occupation, can help organizations make hiring choices based on an individual’s knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA’s) instead of based on a feeling of compatibility.

Building competency models for jobs or occupations is the first step in improving hiring practices. If your organization struggles with the costs and time associated with the hiring process, or worse yet terminations, building a competency model may help.

More Job Losses Reported – Who Will You Hire?

As job loss reports continue to climb many valuable people are out of work. Small businesses owners have an opportunity to select some great talent at a great value. Of course, some would argue that the best choices are those who are still employed. This idea assumes of course that organizations have retained the best talent and dismissed those who are not as valuable. Who would you hire?