When it comes to hiring the best candidates available in the marketplace, companies focus a great deal on expertise and experience—in other words, the “hard skills” that they have to offer.
However, it’s the “soft skills” that can mean the difference between hiring true superstars and bringing people on board who ultimately don’t contribute enough to the company’s vision and long-term goals for success.
This is especially the case when hiring people with a positive attitude. Positive employees are incredible assets for companies, and they’re assets in multiple ways. In fact, below are three ways that hiring positive people can help your company’s bottom line:
- It enhances the company culture. As might be expected, positive people help to create a positive atmosphere for all employees. That, in turn, leads to better team chemistry, encouraging greater levels of collaboration and teamwork. It also helps to increase both enthusiasm and optimism, while reducing stress at the same time.
- It balances out your team. Not everybody on your team is going to be positive. It’s just not possible. After all, there are some superstar employees who simply can’t match others in terms of positive energy. However, when you have enough people on your team who do exude that type of energy, they compensate for those who are closer to the other end of the spectrum.
- It fosters aggressive goal setting and innovation. The bottom line is all about growth, and that’s more easily achievable in a positive work environment. Employees who think, talk, and act in a positive fashion focus more on goals and creating plans for achieving those goals. They’re forward thinking, and they’re also more likely to believe that they’ll reach the goals they set, both individually and as a team.
Does your company’s interview and hiring process take into account the “soft skills” that candidates with a positive outlook and positive energy possess? Do you specifically screen your candidates with this outlook in mind?
An experienced recruiting firm can help you hire the very best candidates—those with both the “hard skills” you desire and the “soft skills” necessary for facilitating ever-increasing amounts of collaboration; production; and of course, profit.
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