If you’ve ever worked in a company dominated by cliques, you’ve probably worked in an environment where “cultural fit” was defined by what a particular boss or hiring manager thought it was. More than likely it translated to hiring people like himself.
Always a nebulous term, cultural fit seems to slipping its way into meaninglessness, or worse. True, companies tend to have a culture, but if it’s not clearly defined when applied as a hiring criteria, your workplace can become a hive of clones happily locked into group think, wary and resentful of “outsiders” and their ideas.
Here is an article with some good ideas about how to nail down your corporate culture so you can use it more effectively in evaluating prospective talent. However, whether or not it has any value in predicting the future success of an employee is arguable.
Maybe it’s time to return to the basics of qualifications, skills and attitude. As the author suggests, there are many tools available to test prospective employees consistently and effectively.
Of course you can also use our temp-to-hire service to see how you new employee actually performs!