Question

SADI Limited is a manufacturing company with several branches across the Ghana. The company has been facing several issues regarding turnover of employees for the past five years which has resulted in the low sales, reduced profit and the inability of the firm to meet it strategic objectives. In addition, the company is faced with severe competition from other firms in the industry it operates. You have been engaged as a Human Resource Management consultant to help resolve these concerns. Upon careful analysis and deliberations in an attempt to find out appropriate solutions to the current situation, you observed that the employees hired during the period do not fit into both the job and the organization.   As the HRM consultant for SADI Limited what recommendations will you give to enable the firm ensure that the approaches used in choosing candidates for the job predicts the right candidates who will better fit into job roles and contributes significantly to the success of the firm.        

Answer 1

In my opinion, recommendations that will enable the firm ensure that the approaches used in choosing candidates for the job predicts the right candidates who will better fit into job roles and contributes significantly to the success of the firm are ensuring that the experience and skillsets of the candidates match with the job profile being offered. It is important to match the skills and experience of the candidates with job profile, otherwise they will not fit into that job. Moreover it is advised to seek candidate's interest beforehand and ensure that he/she is enthusiastic about the job. If the candidate is not motivated about the job, then he/she is not the right fit for that job and should not be hired. Also another parameter to check is the willingness of the employee to adjust to the job requirements and perform as per expectations, through personality assessment tests and other such administered tests in order to find the right fit for that job.