Are you culturally ready to change?

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I’ve recently been an external panel member for a client who has been interviewing for a brand new role. I found being a part of the process really interesting but at the same time really frustrating. More often than not the interviews felt challenging and stressful with the constant thoughts going around my head – remember to ask everything in the correct order, questions must be worded the same, time must be the same, poker faces on please. The result being the creation of a rather sterile interview environment that focuses more on making sure you don’t say the wrong thing rather than helping the nervous candidates to reveal their true self.

My 5 interview observations.
Listening to the other panel members and the poor candidates trying to keep calm and carry on I made the following observations which I wanted to share with you so if you are looking to recruit soon you can bear them in mind.

Are you culturally ready to change?
Many of the roles that touch or influence digital these days should senegal email list 60000 contact leads really run much deeper within your organisation. For example, when hiring a content marketing manager the role needs to have the ability to connect, engage and call-upon anyone within your organisation. Does the rest of your organisation appreciate that? If no one internally is ready to adapt the way they work for this new role then you’re likely setting your new recruit up for failure.

Firstly you need to pave the way internally, with everyone that this role may connect with or need help from, before you hire. Get them onboard to help you establish how this new way to work might look. It’s much easier to introduce your enabler once people are mentally prepared. You might uncover some interesting internal candidate opportunities along the way too.