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November 2005

Welcome to the November 2005 edition of the TorontoJobs.ca Employer Newsletter.

Why Employers Cheat the System by Jan van der Hoop

10 ways to turn off new employees

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Why Employers Cheat the System by Jan van der Hoop

Hiring smart is based on common sense. When you have a process for hiring, regardless of how simple or complex it is, you will be able to reduce the number of problems that you may encounter down the road. Unfortunately, when hiring, we see users of any system justify why they can take a short cut “this one time.” Here are the three most common reasons why employers will cheat their own system.

Desperation
When an employee quits without notice or when the business is growing rapidly, we find that people will attempt to bypass their own process. Chances are you have never entered into a relationship out of desperation that’s worked (remember in high school when you hadn’t dated in a while?). To avoid this trap use a temporary employee or independent contractor, or pay overtime. The last thing you want to do is place the “wrong” person on that seat of the bus.

Infatuation
The most destructive people that will come into your business will do so through this trap. You will fall in love with them before you have a clue about who they really are. Do you really know what you are dealing with? After all, who is better at manipulation than a true villain? They will seduce you with their charm, rendering the rest of the interview meaningless. They will have squeaky-clean resumes (too manipulative to have ever been fired) and in three months you will realize you have hired a maniac!

Laziness
It’s not that we’re lazy... to the contrary; we are so-o-o-o busy that we just want to get this hiring thing over with so we can get back to “real” work. The only way to guard against this reality is through process, process, process.

How do you know if you have a hiring process? Very simple, it’s in writing. Otherwise you have a hiring “event” and it changes every single time.

Have you ever hired the wrong person for any of these three reasons? How much do you think that cost you? When we do workshops with business owners they all wince when they admit to falling into these traps. It’s a painfully learned lesson, better off avoided in the first place.

If you're interested in discussing your hiring process and how it can be implemented or improved by using the 'Hiring Smart' process, please contact Jan van der Hoop at "The People Factor, Inc." by email jan@thepeoplefactorinc.com or by phone at 905-338-7961.

10 ways to turn off new employees

Making sure that your new employees are comfortable in their new workplace is a great opportunity to make sure that they start off on the right foot with you. However, many employers turn off new employees by making some simple, easy-to-fix, mistakes on the employee's first day(s) on the job.

Here are some ways that the experts at TorontoJobs.ca have come across of employers turning off new employees:

Making sure a work area was not available or assigned.
The supervisor/manager being on vacation when the new employee arrives and no one knowing what the new employee should be doing.
Leaving the new employee waiting in the reception area for half an hour while the secretaries try to contact their manager.
Not inviting a new employee out for lunch, while the rest of the team heads out.
Leaving the new employee with a 100 page employee handbook or training manual to read.
Not making any introductions to any co-workers.
Assigning them to train with the unhappiest, most negative, company-bashing, staff member.
Assigning work is unrelated to their job description because the manager has a busy week.
Making the new employee work in a hallway on their first day.
Not taking an employee out for a tour of the premises.

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