SHADES OF HUMAN RESOURCES

 

Any individual who through education, training, skills, and knowledge in a particular business field is willing and able to contribute to the productivity of a firm is considered a human resource to the firm. It is also true that employees do vary one from another in their level of productivity and resourcefulness. Just as with employees, business organizations can also be classified into 3 categories: start-ups, growing businesses, and established and highly competitive businesses.

Each of these three categories listed above cannot and should not recruit any kind of job seekers. The dynamics of the business environment for a startup is very different compared to an already growing business which is building consistency in their products and services and maintaining their customers. This is also significantly a different experience from a largely established one investing more resources to maintain its market share in a highly competitive space.  

It is very easy for any employer to recruit labour for these three categories of firms based on job experience, educational qualification, and the level of productivity and achievements of the individual. These are the go-to qualifications for raising labour in firms but I want to take you a step beyond these arguably over-emphasized qualities.

A start-up requires employees who have a measure of the above-listed qualities but more than those, an employer in this category needs a teachable, dynamic, disciplined, and hungry individual who is youthful and can work hard for a long time. At the start-up level, there are many ideas than already functioning systems, more ideas that must be developed or implemented – you need goal getters, products or services are now being introduced to the market – consistency in hard work, structures, and systems aren’t yet fully functional – you need a self-regulated individual who will stay disciplined with little or no supervision in carrying out their roles. As a new firm, eight hours a day may appear too short considering the workload to be carried out each day, you will need those who can stay a little longer into the night, be available on certain weekends, and even embark on trips that will take them away from their place of comfort.

A growing firm. You will need an appreciable height of experience in the role you hire them for because, at this stage of the business, you cannot teach employees the basics, the firm has assumed a level of pace that should not be interrupted but rather be increased. You need employees who have confidence in addition to their expertise because they will be required to venture into unchartered paths to take certain markets and widen the sphere of influence of the firm.

A large and established firm. Beyond and above the qualities of the two categories, a great sense of responsibility and leadership is to be expected of an employee coming into this level of business. A good track record of a career is an added quality. The consistency of character and high integrity is not negotiable at this level of employment knowing that the employee will be dealing with a high level of exposure to resources and prominent personalities.

How does a firm recruit with these lenses? You will need to be unconventional with the recruitment strategies imploring more job simulations and indirect means of gathering the necessary information required. In addition to what the applicants share, as much as your resources can afford, conduct a background search majorly on the values the individual upholds plus getting commendation from their previous employers for those who have once been employed.

An effective, strategic, and well-planned recruitment plan, though it may require some considerable financial resources, will increase your chances of hiring the right people who will give value to your investment in them. We hope these thoughts will help you in your recruitment and selection planning. Kindly leave us a comment with your thoughts. Thank you for reading.

 

Paul Anang Amasah

THE COLLEGE BUSINESS CONSULT

Thecollegebc@gmail.com