RECRUITING

The human being is biased by default, we limit this defect by recruiting after defined objective criteria representing wanted skill set, company values and personas.

Recruiting

Recruiting can be an awfully dull exercise if done halfway. It takes a lot of time the team needs for other stuff, costs plenty of money and there is a huge risk of not hiring the right person. On the other hand, if you do it properly, there are few things that can boost a team and a company more than the right hire! The excitement and benefit of the new team member will very soon make the efforts a vague memory..

A good recruiting process is actually more complex than it may seem.
It starts with good planning and allignment. In our opinion all these factors need to be discussed per hire:

The Right Hire is a Team Effort

To decide on the shown process, it’s pretty clear that neither the People-team or one team leader can hire alone. For every hire we need to be sure that management and team are aligned in what we need, and we need to involve the people who are most qualified to find that out. Recruiting is therefore always a team exercise in Friendsurance.

Recruiting

Recruiting can be an awfully dull exercise if done halfway. It takes a lot of time the team needs for other stuff, costs plenty of money and there is a huge risk of not hiring the right person. On the other hand, if you do it properly, there are few things that can boost a team and a company more than the right hire! The excitement and benefit of the new team member will very soon make the efforts a vague memory..

A good recruiting process is actually more complex than it may seem.
It starts with good planning and allignment. In our opinion all these factors need to be discussed per hire:

The Right Hire is a Team Effort

To decide on the shown process, it’s pretty clear that neither the People-team or one team leader can hire alone. For every hire we need to be sure that management and team are aligned in what we need, and we need to involve the people who are most qualified to find that out. Recruiting is therefore always a team exercise in Friendsurance.

WHEN TWO WORLDS COME TOGETHER

The Motivation Factor

As said, we want to end up being thrilled about the new team member and the funny thing is, we only will be if the person is thrilled as well. If you, as a new team member are not highly motivated for the job, this counts so much for the end result, that our domino brick tower falls apart. We think there is something beautiful about the fact that in a recruiting selection process the interests of us as a company and you as a candidate are actually totally aligned.

For a person to know if she/he is motivated for the job, we have to be transparent and give as much information as possible. You as a candidate have to ask all the questions that are relevant to you.

The Motivation Factor

As said, we want to end up being thrilled about the new team member and the funny thing is, we only will be if the person is thrilled as well. If you, as a new team member are not highly motivated for the job, this counts so much for the end result, that our domino brick tower falls apart. We think there is something beautiful about the fact that in a recruiting selection process the interests of us as a company and you as a candidate are actually totally aligned.

For a person to know if she/he is motivated for the job, we have to be transparent and give as much information as possible. You as a candidate have to ask all the questions that are relevant to you.

Truly Finding The One

Like in love, there is probably not just the one. However, also like in love, it is easy to be tricked by the human mind and fall for the wrong person. To assure that we see our own bias, we clearly define the process per position and each interviewer evaluates all candidates based on the same scorecard criteria.

The criteria consists of concrete skills needed, soft skill factors, team values and evaluation of whether the job seems to offer an attractive career move for the person. Through the scorecard evaluations, we make it blunt to the eye when we lack knowledge about a relevant factor. It also becomes very clear what the interviewers think as a group, and the danger of the hiring teamleader’s bias is reduced.

Workshops and Test Assignments

We get that test assignments and workshops take time and open the question: is it really worth it. Yes it is. Not only because we in general think working with us is attractive, but also because it is both in your and our interest to find out if the match is really there and studies prove that getting down to actual work is the best way to find out.

We try to limit the amount of preparation needed and the scope of assignments, but also want to give you a fair chance to show your skills.

Workshops and Test Assignments

We get that test assignments and workshops take time and open the question: is it really worth it. Yes it is. Not only because we in general think working with us is attractive, but also because it is both in your and our interest to find out if the match is really there and studies prove that getting down to actual work is the best way to find out.

We try to limit the amount of preparation needed and the scope of assignments, but also want to give you a fair chance to show your skills.

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