Whatever these values may be, they should form your primary criteria in assessing whether or not
a candidate is a good fit for your organization.
We don't set a minimum or maximum limit on how many we invite to the firm; if
a candidate is a good fit, we call them back.
To help recruiters narrow down their search and truly find out if
a candidate is a good fit for a position, we're taking a deeper look at recruiting the top three positions listed on Simply Hired: Registered Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Pharmacy Technicians, as well as positions in finance, marketing and IT.
When you respond to a post or an ad about a job, you are contacting HR, and their interest is in ensuring that
a candidate is a good fit for the position and the organization.
In fact, a survey on CareerBuilder revealed that 87 % of employers could tell if a job
candidate was a good fit within the first 15 minutes of a phone interview.
Studies found that the average recruiter scans a resume for less than 10 seconds before deciding if
the candidate is a good fit for an open position.
Fifty percent of hiring and human resources managers responding to a recent nationwide CareerBuilder survey said they know within the first five minutes if
a candidate is a good fit for the job.
Assess job fit: It can be hard for employers to know if a potential
candidate is a good fit for the company.
According to this law, people over 40 are a protected class, meaning it's illegal to discriminate against a candidate because he or she is over 40, but this law doesn't prevent hiring managers from believing that a younger
candidate is a better fit for the job; it just means they can't come right out and say it.
The use of personality tests for employment can help determine if medical sales
candidates are a good fit for the job.
In practice, it's a high likelihood that the hiring manager never even saw these resumes — if they did, it's also highly likely that the resume didn't clearly point out exactly why
the candidate was a good fit — because the candidate never clearly spelled it out.
Hiring managers don't have the time to waste trying to figure out if
a candidate is a good fit without the proper information.
To see if
the candidate is a good fit for the company culture — 51 percent.
Cover letters for grocery clerk complete a job application set because they tell the employer, that
a candidate is a good fit and possess the relevant capabilities, before seeing the resume.
In a MedReps interview with Taylor about sales recruiting, he said that 30 seconds might actually be generous: «I have been doing this for such a long time and have a background in medical sales and management, so I usually know by instinct if
that candidate is a good fit.»
Because many hiring decisions are based on whether
the candidate is a good fit for the organizational culture, do some research on the work environment.
Not exact matches
Don't get pressured into taking someone that you
're not confident would
be a
good fit just because the
good candidates aren't showing up.
Before scheduling interviews, write out the «job to
be done» so you can articulate this clearly and make sure the
candidate would
be a
good fit for the task.
When a company's employer brand doesn't show how women
fit into its male - dominated field, those
candidates will quickly assume that the job and culture aren't a
good match.
Once you have a qualified
candidate and know they would
be a
good fit, you have to determine whether you want to hire leaning more towards their ability or more towards their skills.
Energetic millennials
are good candidates for business ownership but only if the
fit is right
Anytime the company finds itself with strong job
candidates that it ultimately has rejected, Austin makes sure to introduce those individuals to other startups where they might
be a
better fit.
After deciding on the role to fill, they go through the traditional route of posting ads to different job boards, screening
candidates, interviewing those who seem the most qualified and then hiring the person who
is the
best fit.
The
fit between
candidate and company
is as important as the
candidate's skills in making a
good hiring decision.
It
's not uncommon for a committee member to say that he or she «loved» the interaction they had with an applicant or that a
candidate is «a
good fit with our culture.»
A trial period also allows the
candidate to decide if the role
is a
good fit for them.
For example, a
candidate for a marketing position who talks about «destroying competitors» might not
be the
best fit.
If a
candidate thinks the process
is silly or too intense, he or she will not
be a
good fit for our company.
The
best candidate for a merger
is a company that sees yours as a strategic
fit with their own firm.
This
is a mind - bender that will really force the
candidate to think quickly about something they've never
been asked before, all while showing off the reasons they
are a
good fit for the job.
That
's why Menlonians will quickly dismiss job
candidates who don't have
good «kindergarten skills,» meaning if they don't play
well with others in an open space, they
're not a
good fit.
Even if the
candidate appears to
be a skilled and excellent employee, talking to references can help you determine whether the applicant would
be a
good fit.
When it comes to hiring, it
is the responsibility of the hiring manager to make sure that the
candidate they plan on giving a job offer to
be a
good fit of that culture.
But would knowing a
candidate's favorite pizza topping
is pepperoni really help determine if he or she would
be a
good fit for a journalist position?
As important as financial readiness and work ethic
are in choosing your franchisees, the subjective value of how
well the
candidate fits into your organization's values and culture may
be even more important.
When you engage a reference in a conversation about your culture and values, the way they discuss the
candidate fitting in with your company or not gives you a lot of information on whether the reference would
be a
good fit him or herself.
AEs must clearly understand how traditional sales and marketing wastes their time and focus: The traditional approach would have Sales following up with leads that aren't likely to convert and meeting with companies that don't
fit the Ideal Customer Profile and aren't
good candidates for your product.
Everyone
is out there looking for the
best candidates, and likewise,
candidates are searching among employers to see where they
fit best, and
fit involves everything from job title, to salary, and more recently, company culture.
You will get a much
better feel for the
candidate and her potential
fit with your corporate culture if you can see each other while you
're talking.
Well I don't believe in everything you believe but I would vote for you over Romney if you
were the
best fit for president because I don't base a
candidate on his religion.
Exactly, the only «nuance» involved
was which
candidate fit a particular individual's right - wing ideology
better than another.
I intend to write in a
candidate I judge
fit for the office, which
is not a description I can apply in
good conscience to Mrs. Clinton or Mr. Trump.
They will
be able to use it as a score card showing that
candidates interviewing for jobs actually have the experience that make them
good fits for the position.»
Lastly, the Mediterranean orzo salad I cooked up
is ideal for summer for a few reasons: it
's quick cooking and inexpensive,
fits nicely on a spoon, and travels
well, making it an excellent
candidate for summer potlucks and picnics.
With 26 % of bets, the Redskins
are the
best candidate on the slate to
fit that trend this week.
What makes me sick
are the people who encouraged this woman to try something for which she
was not a
good candidate, and who lied to her about the safety of same, and who pushed her into feeling that how she gave birth
was so important, and who
are now neglecting her when she needs them and trying to sweep her and her baby under the rug and pretend her loss didn't occur because it doesn't
fit in with their «natural birth
is the only way» mindset.
This can
be seen in gubernatorial elections, for instance, where the Republican or the independent
candidate is selected locally and may
be a
better fit for Rhode Island moderates.
Your vote
is your own, but to work within the system you should vote for the
candidate you feel
best fits the role that the election seeks to fill.
It isn't that Republicans in general
are using social media
better than Democrats and thus garnering more followers online, it
's that right now there
's a
better fit between what those
candidates are offering and what the online base
is looking for.
None of this
fits terribly
well with the usual «family values,» fiscally conservative Republican mold, and yet the freak show
is gaining some big traction early in the exploratory cycle for Republican presidential
candidates.