Good employees can produce extraordinary results while marginal employees can drag and keep a business down. When I am asked to do a business analysis one of my areas of primary focus is employees. Yet many employers vastly underrate the importance of employees. Looking at employee basics can help the business focus on what it needs and what the employee needs. Here are a few basics to look for.
Many owners view the process as simply filling a slot yet it is a true buying and selling dynamic.
At least half of the personnel problems I see result from a poor hiring process. Get the wrong employee for the job and the employee and employer both suffer. Hiring is a mixture of science and art and there are no magic formulas. The key to good hiring is first determine what the business needs and then focus on that during the hiring process. Poor hiring decisions result in turnover, higher training costs and less productivity.