How To Integrate Core Values Into Your Hiring Process
Core Values aren’t meant to just be a plaque on a wall or part of a nice graphic design on your website. They are one of the best tools your company has and should be integrated into your most important processes, especially your hiring process. Waiting until after someone is hired to introduce them to your Core Values could be detrimental to your team and business. Here is how to integrate them into the steps of your hiring process so you can attract, screen, and select the right candidates for your company.
Attract
Begin with the job description. Your Core Values should be standard verbiage in the first paragraph of every job posting. This is what it looks like for Joy of Pursuit:
Joy of Pursuit only seeks to hire individuals who possess our core values, which include:
Pursuing joy daily
Possessing an abundance mindset
Promoting grace-given gifts to serve others
Practicing lifelong learning
Preparing for success through accountability
In addition to the job description, share your Core Values on your website and your company’s social media pages. Anywhere the candidates may look to learn more about your company.
Including this information on a Job Description will help the potential applicant begin to understand your company culture. This can either deter an applicant if they do not share similar values or motivate an applicant who shares your values and wants to work with others of a similar mindset.
Screen
To reiterate how important your Core Values are at your company, we recommend sending them to candidates when you invite them to complete Screening Questions during the hiring process. In addition to that, reference them in a screening question. The screening question could read:
“After reviewing the Joy of Pursuit Core Values, do you feel your values are in alignment with ours?”
Then, when interviewing candidates have a standard culture question that you ask each candidate. Our suggestion is “After reviewing our Core Values, what resonates most with you?”
Select
Once a candidate has reached the interview phase of the hiring process, continue using your Core Values to select the best candidate. We incorporate culture and Core Values into our Interview ScoreCARD, seen here:
Your interviewers need to answer these two questions about each candidate. The culture portion of the ScoreCARD carries just as much weight as a candidate's ability and other attributes.
Applying your Core Values to your hiring process will assist you with building a strong company culture and protect the team you already have in place. Don’t neglect the culture component of hiring. It may be tempting to overlook, but it will cause harm in the long run. Use your Core Values consistently as a hiring tool, and you will notice a difference. The results will be a cohesive team working toward the same goals and a successful company.
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This blog post covers the how-to incorporate Core Values into hiring. To learn more about why visit this post: Unprotected Core Values Can Destroy Your Company.
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