Never Forget: Your First Objective Is To Build Great Teams

How can you build great and efficient teams through recruitment?

‍When you start using an ATS like Manatal, you might be tempted by the idea of hiring better candidates faster. But you should never forget that, above all, your ATS is here to help you build better teams. A great candidate is not always a great team player. And while they may help to improve the efficiency of a team or department, there is much more you can do to ensure that you are working within the big picture.

Understand your company’s needs

The first step is not to look for candidates but to look for information. You should interview managers, department heads, and team members to understand who needs what and why. Moreover, by talking directly to employees, you are better able to understand their personality, as well as what they like and what they dislike. This will help you when deciding between multiple candidates.

Think about the future

This may be the most difficult aspect of recruitment: understanding the future needs of a team and planning accordingly. Many decisions are made last-minute, which only increases the risk of a bad recruitment outcome. By grasping the future and the evolution of each of your teams, you will be well-equipped to recruit better candidates to improve your current teams.

Go beyond past experiences and study personality

Once again, a great candidate is not necessarily a great team player. This is why you should try to move away from the resume and understand the candidate’s personality. Are they willing to cooperate with current employees? Do they resist pressure from their managers?

Emphasize interests

Candidates and employees are much more efficient when they feel that they are bringing new things to the company and that they are well-understood. In the later stages of recruitment, you should ask candidates personal questions about their interests and try to demonstrate to them the ways in which they will be important to the company going forward. Doing so will ensure that future employees are confident and excited to join your company. They will integrate more quickly and start working more efficiently.

So focus on that word: “team.” For most successful companies, the whole is indeed greater than the sum of its parts.