Finding the Right Employee for the Correct Job and What it Takes to Keep that Employee Once Hired

Hiring and Maintaining the Correct Employee
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Hiring and Maintaining the Correct Employee
In the current economy, it is important to hire the best employees. This comes amidst huge losses regarding time money and decreased productivity due to bad hiring. It is noted that companies that conduct poor hiring of employees lose between $ 25-50,000 for each employee that does not suit the job. Other costs that are incurred are related to costs for finding a new employee, costs for an interview, engaging and training of the new employee besides costs of purchase for desks, phones, computers, equipment and salary among others. Therefore, hiring smart benefits enterprise greatly regarding t reduction of costs, reduce the exposure of the enterprise to liabilities for the discriminatory hiring behaviours and improved productivity. Based on the presented information, the essay purposes to discuss two companies that have benefitted from hiring the best employee for the correct job and keeping such an employee. This will be followed by a discussion of two enterprises that have performed dismally due to failure to hire the right people.
Getting the best employee for the right job and keeping such an employee requires that managers dig deep into issues such as competency, the capability of the employee, compatibility, and conformation with other employees as well as the commitment of the employee to work for the long term. It is noted on the history of the past jobs and the duration the employee has spent in the different jobs.
Two best performing enterprises: Google Inc and SAS
Google Inc centres its interviews and selection of employees who score high on conscientiousness since they become more responsible for the teams. Besides, the issue their employees with sample test during interviews. Such tests are normally similar to the activities that the employees would do the job and assess their performance on such tests. However, this only contributes to about 29 percent since actual performance needs extra skills and collaboration with others, adapt to uncertainties as well as learning. On the same note, the company can pick the right employees due to cognitive tests (Bock, 2015). These tests highlight right or wrong answers just like the IQ tests. Therefore, the enterprise combines both assessments such as general cognitive ability tests and the conscientiousness assessment test to predict the best employees who will work to completion and dedicat...