17 Common Hiring Mistakes: Part 7
Keeping Staff That Do Not Excel During Their Probationary Period
Often, we hold back some salary during the probationary phase with a promise of an automatic raise after the probationary period is over. From long experience with employees, I can unequivocally say that if you are not totally delighted to give the employee the raise, you need to terminate them. There is no gray area here. Either they performed admirably or they didn’t. If they didn’t perform well during the first 90 days, THEY WILL NEVER GET ANY BETTER.
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Not Establishing a Probationary Period
Even with sufficient interviewing, testing and background checks, you truly do not know what you have with a new employee until they have been on the job a while and the “new job honeymoon” has worn off. I always think that you truly know the measure of a person when you see how they handle adversity or problems. Do they fold up or rise to the challenge.
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17 Common Hiring Mistakes: Part 5
Not Testing for Skills, IQ or Personality
There are a number of good tests on the market to evaluate your hires. Tests are one tool that allow you to probe deeper into the candidate’s personality and skills and really know what you are “buying” when you hire.
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Continuous Quality Fire Fighting
Chet was a very busy man as the Director of Quality Engineering at a large automotive component manufacturing plant, with a staff of over 50 employees, at three different locations. Chet knew his staff was always so busy “fighting fires” they simply could not get corrective actions in place before the next “fire” hit them.
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17 Common Hiring Mistakes: Part 4
4. Not Conducting enough interviews
A few years back I was looking to hire someone to create a new division for our company. The person needed a rather eclectic background that was hard to find. I interviewed a candidate and it became clear after two interviews that she was not the person for the job. I went back to the drawing board and found another candidate that looked great on paper. He had the skills experience I needed.
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Continental Receives National WBE Certification
Anderson Indiana – September 3, 2009 – Continental Inc., a business specializing in, Professional Staffing, Design and Engineering, Quality Sorting, and Manufacturing, received national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Great Lakes Certification Committee, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).
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And The Winner Of The “Hiring Horror Story” Contest Is…
LISA!
Congratulations Lisa! You won Continental’s first “Hiring Horror Story” contest.
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VOTE NOW! For You Favorite “Hiring Horror Story”
Cast Your Vote Now!
It’s time! Below are the entires in the “Hiring Horror Story” contest. Read through and vote for your favorite. Poll Closes August 14th at 8:00 am.
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17 Common Hiring Mistakes: Part 3
3. Not Checking The Candidate’s Background For Criminal Activity
Companies have varing policies on hiring an employee with a criminal background. But no one likes to be surprised in this area. Besides revealing past criminal activity, DUI’s and other alcohol related offenses can expose potential alcoholism.
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17 Common Hiring Mistakes: Part 2
2. Not drug screening
I once hired a personable young man as a CAD designer. One day our customer asked to have him relocate to their site, once he passed a drug test. That’s when we learned that he was secretly a heroin addict! To say we were shocked is an understatement!! This young man had keys to our building for months.
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