Hiring+Process

1. Why is the process of hiring an employee so important? List and explain three or more reasons. (30 points) 30

Hiring process is very important for technology managers since their staff is the single biggest factor in determining whether or not they are going to be successful or not at their job. Technology departments depend on their staff for carrying out their mission as required. Qualifications and desires of our staff is the most important and indispensible asset for us as a technology managers.

Hiring provides us an opportunity to have new skills in our department. If we don’t give importance to hiring we can be surprised and get a problem instead of a skill to our department.

Technology departments need employees with specific skills and qualifications. So, hiring process is important to meet our requirements. HR may not be able to evaluate a candidate as we do. We cannot stay back from hiring process and pray for a skilled employee only. Hiring wrong person can cause many legal problems together with time loss and failures in our projects and tasks.

Managers know the dynamics of their own department better than HR or responsible department. A candidate may look suitable for the position but he may have some negative impact on dynamics in our department regarding people relations. So, technology managers have to attend hiring process.

You can establish a positive relation with the employee from the beginning since he will accept your authority from the beginning if you are included in hiring process.

1. Why is the process of hiring an employee so important? List and explain three or more reasons. (30 points) 23, where are the three main reasons. They all kind of run together. The process of hiring new employees can be pivotal to an IT department’s success. A poor hire can slow down production and break down team moral. A good personality fit is one of the keys to success. When an IT manager needs to a justifying a hire, she should be able to clearly explain her case with one of the following common reasons. Often, the workload has increased and the department can’t keep up with the demands of the day to day production in a timely manner. Companies can save time and money if some of the processes are automated with a new technology. Workers will be able to respond to customers and team players faster. New technologies however, sometimes demand for an expert. The cost of bringing an expert in the beginning can sometimes justify saving the company money rather than paying for big mistakes in the end.

The process of hiring is complex because a manger must evaluate a potential employee based on many factors all of which are important in determining which employee is best for the job. Looking for a ** “good fit” within the structure and culture of the organization ** is essential when hiring. When a manager works hard at searching for, interviewing and hiring an employee who shows potential as a good fit for the organization, it is more likely that the employee will be successful. And if the employee performs the job well, projects succeed and the manager and the organization benefit from that success. As a example, if a manger is looking for an employee who is a real work-horse then it makes sense to avoid hiring someone who gives the impression of being laid-back and is interested in a strictly40 hour/week position. Hiring an employee who is ** competent ** at key skills and, if applicable, is ** certified **in those skills, assures a certain level of performance that a manager would not expect from a less experienced employee. The process of hiring and training a new employee is costly and should be considered an ** investment in the future of the organization **. A manager should invest time on the “front end”, the hiring process, so that the employee who is hired will be trainable, will be happy working for the organization and will prove to be the kind of worker that the manager will want to keep around.