Good recruiting

Good recruiting strategies can ensure the longevity of a company, as exemplified by the repeated, and rather successful, heist ventures of DANNY OCEAN’S team‼️

🎨Young, old, handsome, ugly, short, tall… Former colleagues and SPECIALISTS in various branches of crime: a 🤓clever young pickpocket; a con artist 🧑🏼‍🎨 who works as a dealer, two talented 👨🏻‍🔧mechanics; an 🔌 electronics and surveillance expert; an 🧨explosives expert; a 👴🏼 veteran con man, and a skilled 🧘🏼 acrobat. A (not gender 😥) diverse team LEADED BY TWO MANAGERS 😵‍💫

Teams with DIVERSE SKILLSETS BUT A SINGULAR SHARED OBJECTIVE can do wonders… Danny Ocean wants to score the biggest heist in history. It’s not going to be easy, so It’ll be a careful SELECTION of his team, that occupies a significant runtime of the first half of the movie and has within itself several lessons for hiring and recruiting…

>> SHARED PRIORITIES 🎯
Teams work well together only if they have a clear and precise understanding of WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND WHY. Each job should be performed by those who are best suited for it🔝.
Danny Ocean’s team had a common desire for a ‘big score’, and it was their shared lust for money that unified them all, even with their conflicting personalities. BOTH THE EMPLOYEE AND THE EMPLOYER SHOULD BE ON THE SAME PAGE. If they have different end results or goals in mind, the partnership will simply not last.

>> SKILL SPECIALISATION 🔬

All eleven members of Ocean’s team have a very specific set of skills, skills that they excel at. THIS ALLOWS EVERYONE TO FOCUS ON THE TASK ALLOCATED TO THEM, without having to be concerned about how others are faring. All know their roles clearly and perform them conscientiously. When choosing your team, ensure that you have DIVERSITY IN TERMS OF THE SKILLS that potential employees offer.

>> RESEARCH BEFOREHAND YOUR POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE 🕵🏻‍♂️

Ocean selected his team members based on PAST COLLABORATION AS WELL AS REFERENCES. References are extremely vital and useful, especially if you ask more than the usual and see how aspects of their personal, professional or volunteering history complements their skillset and makes them suitable to join your company. A quick run through of their profile on LinkedIn should do the trick.

✍️HIRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE FOR EACH EMPLOYEE IS KEY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A BIG IMPACT.

A good plan and well-rounded hiring process has to consider:
· Recruitment
· Employee engagement
· Sustained job performance
· Employee retention, low turnover