Does your company have the needed People with the right competencies?

The expression Talent Acquisition entered our lexicon and we use it frequently, when referring about finding and hiring the best professionals for our company or organization.

According to current philosophies, it is important to attract skillful people, by structuring and disseminating an image, with authenticity and coherence, that makes it attractive for new professionals to join and experience the company.

From here, most managers and leaders think that advertising an open position and choosing the person whose skills match perfectly with the respective description is like following the guide of best market practices. It may not be like that.

Looking at current practices, we see that behavioral skills have gained importance in these processes to the detriment of technical ones, perhaps due to the time and cost associated with acquiring either type of skill and their respective impact within the organization, on the environment and productivity.

Matching these behavioral skills to organizational culture is therefore of considerable importance; however, the defined culture rarely matches the culture manifested in daily leadership actions and procedures, which complicates the process.

Quantifying the cost of wrong hiring is not easy; several experts refer to amounts starting at 20% of the annual salary package, not to mention the deterioration of the company's image.

Finding a partner capable of analyzing all these variables, defining the right profile according to the current and prospective culture, and finding the best channels to select the talent required, is crucial to successfully hiring and integrating the new employee and, consequently, the company's growth.