Over time, the influences on final hiring decisions have shifted away from gut instincts and more towards information-driven decision making. With the rise of artificial intelligence, automation tools and the demand for leaner operations across all functions, talent acquisition has become more structured, resulting in more objective hiring practices.
Rather than relying on intuitions, reaching a hiring decision based on evidence and data is a more responsible approach for any organization. To accomplish this successfully, there must be a very deep understanding of the organization's own culture, its vision and goals, and the precise hiring need. To hire objectively, an analysis must be made of what the candidate will need to not only succeed in the position but to thrive within the culture of the organization.
Removing the faulty aspect of human intuition and instead running a process can lead to a shorter time to hire (with less "shopping around"), better alignment of new hires with organizational goals, vision and strategy, a better cultural fit, a higher employee retainment, and the removal of any bias from the search process, which can contribute to higher diversity and inclusion in the workforce.
Some might argue that to remove the instinct factor from the hiring process is to remove the human side of recruiting. Some may also argue that a gut feeling is necessary when measuring cultural fit. But we now have the tools that can successfully analyze, measure and compare that fit better than what a gut feeling might determine.
TRANSEARCH has the proprietary tools that can break down, analyze, measure and compare four critical dimesons of fit: (1) Performance (scorecard); (2) culture (measurement); (3) leadership (role-specific competencies); and team (assessment). Known as the Orxestra Methodology, it provides structure and insight into the previously subjective area of cultural fit.
The Orxestra Methodology is the final piece to the puzzle of assessing candidates in a fully systematic and information-driven way. Even though there is no room left for gut feelings in the hiring process, the human element of analyzing, measuring, and fully understanding the culture of an organization and its needs in its next hire, and infusing this into the hiring process requires great insight from those running the process.
