Hiring a professional staff
Hiring the right candidate
Once you’ve chosen the individual best qualified to fill the position for your organization, you must work out the details concerning wages, benefits and terms of employment. You will find information useful to you in the Trends in Compensation section. Keep in mind this is a state average and your immediate area may or may not be reflective of this wage information. Consulting with other employers for similar positions in your area will ensure that your wages are competitive.
If your organization requires a pre-employment test, be sure to let the applicant know at the final interview. Employers may use such tests to determine tangible qualities such as creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, ability to work in a team, leadership and coaching abilities, flexibility, tolerance of pressure, and most importantly, how the employee will fit into the organization’s culture.
The key to a successful employee is to hire the right person in the first place. Obviously, you want an employee who has the skills to do the job, but you must also consider other qualities, such as attitude and personality, for a successful hire.
What can you do to ensure you have made the right hire?
An easy solution is to use pre-employment tests. This practice is the fastest growing hiring technique employers use to minimize employee theft and turnover. Validated pre-employment tests have been proven to be the most effective, accurate and least expensive means to screen job applicants.
There are a variety of pre-employment tests on the market. Implementing these tests may reduce accidents, turnover, terminations for cause, unauthorized absence, and inventory loss.
Here are some standard types of tests and what they tell about a potential employee:
- Honesty/integrity tests may identify individuals who would steal.
- Aptitude tests measure the ability of an individual to do a specific job.
- Attitude tests measure a variety of attitudes that are important to organizations.
- Personality tests provide information on an individual’s personality.
- Skill tests measure a body of knowledge.
There are several providers who offer these tests, which can be administered by you or your staff. Following are some resources you may want to contact:
Since golf course maintenance can be physically demanding you may want to consider testing employees for physical abilities as well. Those organizations that have tested for physical abilities have found a 26 percent reduction in injuries, a 55 percent drop in workers’ compensation costs and a 15 percent jump in employee retention.
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