Once
you have decided that you need to hire for a role, the next steps are to
create a:
·
job description (what are outcomes and
processes in role), and
·
job specification (what knowledge,
skills, and abilities (KSAs) are you seeking in a job incumbent).
But
a job specification doesn't end with only listing out what KSAs you are seeking
in a job incumbent.
As
HR Recruiter or Hiring Manager, take into consideration following factors:
·
Most things are teachable and
learnable given adequate time, effort and cost. But different organizations
have different capacities/appetite for time, effort, and cost. Hence what is
trainable and what is non-trainable is an organization specific decision.
o
Ability is most difficult to teach and
learn, followed by skill and then knowledge.
·
Ask yourself 'What is
trainable/non-trainable for this role?".
o
List out Non-trainable K,S, and As. These
should be criterion against which you will make a hire/no-hire decision for a
candidate
What
is advantage of following a procedure like this?
By
following above mentioned procedure, you increase size of candidate pool you
are looking at. Hence possibility of hiring a candidate at an 'affordable'
compensation increases.
You
may also want to keep the following in mind when formulating job specification:
·
If you are being particular about an
educational qualification and that is causing you difficulties in
hiring - ask yourself 'Is this qualification really required? Can someone
who has relevant work experience but not this educational qualification perform
this job effectively?
·
If you are being particular about a certain
type of work experience and that is causing you difficulties in hiring - ask
yourself 'Can someone with high learnability but having a different kind of
work experience/no work-experience do this job with an accelerated induction
program?;
These
are some tips to ensure that you are hiring a candidate at an 'affordable'
compensation.
Your
next question might be - so how do we ensure high performance? Well! I will
post about this soon.
-
Sourav
