7 Tips for Hiring an All-Star Employee Who Will Help You to Grow Your Business

By Rachel Jackson

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The best employees can help you to take your business to the next level. Their skills, dedication and drive are key to your success. But how do you make sure you find and hire the best of the best? Here are seven tips for hiring an all-star employee who will help you to grow your business:

Value Your Top Candidates
If you’re really interested in a particular candidate, chances are another company is too. They’ll be offering them great salaries and great perks. You should do the same. But you should also stay in regular contact with your top candidates so you don’t lose them to someone else. Show you value them by letting them know where the recruitment process is up to and by never lowballing them.

Think Outside the Recruitment Box
Online job boards are the obvious place to attract candidates to apply for a role. But think about where your ideal candidate likes to hang out. That way you can tailor your recruitment campaign to the social media sites, the publications or even the trade shows where your all-star employees are most likely to be.

Prioritise Culture Not Skills
Skills can be developed through training. But a candidate either fits with your workplace culture or they don’t. Make company culture a focus of your job advertisement, your application form and your interview process. Seek to discover the ways in which your company and your prospective candidate are compatible. When you hire a candidate with a good cultural fit, your employee retention rate will improve. And a candidate can only help to grow your business if they stick around for the long run.

Offer Them a Stake
If you’re in a position to do so, offer your prospective all-star employee a stake in your business. By giving them shares, they’ll have a vested interest in seeing your company grow and prosper. And candidates with an interest in playing this kind of integral role in driving a company’s success are much more likely to see the appeal of the job you’re offering.

Only Ever Hire the Best
That all-star employee will only be as successful as the team that supports them. And they’ll be much more motivated to work within a team of equally dynamic and able individuals. Try to hire good quality candidates across all departments of your business if you really want your all-stars to boost your growth.

Offer Employee Rewards
An all-star employee will work hard. But they’ll also want to be rewarded for their effort. A good salary is an obvious place to start. Add a few other employee rewards into the mix and it could help you to stand out from other businesses trying to attract the same talent. Health club membership, an end-of-year party or even just a complimentary snack basket could show a candidate that you care about your employees and want them to know it.

Develop an Attractive Company Culture
Millennials will soon make up a large majority of the workforce. Companies have to work to develop a culture that appeals to them. This means being ethical and trying to make a difference with the work that you do. It also means offering flexible working so employees are better able to maintain a good work-life balance. And it means allowing scope for initiative and creativity rather than a long list of prescribed tasks. This type of culture will attract the best talent and help them to work to the best of their ability once they’re part of your team.

Hiring all-star employees is a whole company exercise. You need great company culture and the best recruitment practices if your new all-star hire is to reach their potential and boost business growth.

 

 

Rachel is a mother of 2 beautiful boys. She loves to hike and write at assignyourwriter.co.uk about traveling, education and business. She is a Senior Content Manager at Bizset.com - an online resource of relevant business information.

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