With the Great Resignation still in full bloom, the job of HR personnel keeps getting more challenging every day. In the current times, the candidates and workers have come to believe that HR personnel doesn’t take the interests of employees seriously.
This belief has made it even more difficult for HR personnel to hire candidates in an already unstable job market during the Great Resignation. However, HR personnel can excel at their job even in these trying times by behaving the way candidates want them to behave when interviewing them.
Let’s take a look at what traits of HR personnel do candidates expect and how HR personnel can effectively deliver them:
Honesty
Candidates can now easily identify red flags in employers. They can tell when an HR personnel is lying to them, making honesty one of the essential traits of HR personnel.
Hence, HR personnel needs to be honest and upfront with potential candidates. They should inform the employees of the chances of growth in the organization, how often they can expect an increment, or how much overtime work they should expect.
HR personnel, though company representatives, are also employees. They shouldn’t refuse to answer or lie to their potential coworkers about the company culture or policies. Hiring a candidate by making them believe lies only puts HR personnel in a difficult position.
It increases their work to cover their lies’ tracks and convince the candidate to stay. If the candidate isn’t convinced and leaves, the work of HR personnel is further increased.
Fairness
Many HR personnel try to look good before the employer by hiring lower-paid candidates. However, by being unfair to candidates and employees, HR personnel end up rehiring often. A high turnover of employees looks poor on their professional record and costs employers a lot of money.
Not to mention, candidates can find unfair payor policies greatly off-putting. These days, candidates don’t want to answer how much they expect to make at a job as they know it can lead them to quote a lower salary. Instead, they want to know how much an employer is willing to pay for the job responsibilities they can fulfill.
In short, HR personnel shouldn’t try to hire candidates at a lower pay scale. They should be fair to them by offering them a livable salary that matches their education and experience.
Flexibility
Flexibility is another one of the essential traits of HR personnel. Inflexible behavior of HR personnel can include insisting on bringing resume printouts, refusing to reschedule the interview, not answering candidates’ questions, and making the candidates fill out forms before the interview.
To candidates, these inflexible behaviors by HR personnel mean an inflexible behavior of an organization. Therefore, HR personnel should stay away from depicting their behaviors. Instead, they should be flexible and consider the candidates’ conveniences to offer them a smooth hiring process.
The Great Resignation has informed employees of their true value in the job market. They are no longer willing to compromise for organizations or employers who won’t treat them as they deserve.
While HR personnel must ensure the organization’s interest, they can often become a scapegoat between employers and employees. However, ensuring the interests of employees can help HR personnel get the best candidates for the employees who can contribute to the organization’s growth.
