A new study by online HR consultancy Reabur.com has revealed that three quarters of employers feel regretful about having hired certain members of staff.
 
As part of ongoing research into employers' decisions to hire new members of staff, they asked 1,091 business owners to investigate.
 
The study initially asked the respondents if in 'hindsight' they ever felt regretful about hiring a member of staff, to which almost three quarters (74%) answered 'yes'. Only 4% of the employers polled answered 'no' and the remaining 22% of the respondents said that they were 'unsure' as to whether or not they had any regrets.
 
The respondents who admitted to regretting hiring a member of staff were then asked to select all that applied from a list of possible reasons as to why they felt that way.
According to the results, the most common reasons were as follows:
 
1. Exaggerated their qualifications/experience on their CV - 71%
2. Not good at the job - 68%
3. Underperforming - 66%
4. Poor time keeping - 57%
5. General negative attitude - 52%
6. Cause conflicts within the team - 43%
7. Poor customer/client relations - 39%
8. Argumentative - 36%
9. Don't respect authority - 29%
10. High number of sick days - 23%
 
"It's easy to say with hindsight that a member of staff is not suitable and doesn't fit in with the rest of the team or the person is not good at the job, looking at these statistics the results could be so different using the right recruitment approach," said Collingwood Executive Headhunter Daniel Frost.
 
As with most things in life you get out what you put in and recruitment is no different. We work with a broad range of clients from small start-ups to large multi-national corporations and it is surprising how hard our Headhunters have to push them to invest time to think about the vacancy and the type of personality, competencies and experience that would add true to their organisation.
 
Most appear willing to take the risk and deal with it if it doesn't work out  says Daniel. He continues, We have a proven track record of recruiting the right individuals first time. We achieve this through our proven Headhunting recruitment process which enables Collingwood to identify and recruit the highest calibre candidates with specific industry experience, a targeted skill set and a matching behaviour profile / culture. Without really knowing what you want you won't find it Daniel concluded.
 
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