Healthcare Recruitment Agencies Put Square Pegs In Square Holes

Helping people fit within the organization, the job and the place.

Healthcare recruitment agencies recommend to both recruiters and applicants that they check the fit between the person, the job, the organization and the location of the job. Recruitment agencies aim to make accurate placements. Accurate means the person who fills a job role likes the job. Of course it also means the employer likes the person and retains them in role. The optimum employment period means that person stays in role for at least as long it takes to repay the investment in induction training and employment

1. Does the person fit in the role? Recruitment agencies do a good job of providing an interview shortlist to their advertising clients. Each candidate on that list will have the qualifications and competences specified and references will have been verified. Whoever is employed from that list can do the job. This aspect of recruitment is all about whether the new recruit will enjoy doing the job.Does the new recruit fit with the organization? Organization fit is all about having people whose values complement those of the organization.
2. Is there a cultural fit? All organizations have unique cultures largely set by the vision of the leaders. A nurse who values quality of care over waiting list targets will feel uncomfortable in a hospital where management focuses on targets. In this example there is a bad organization fit that can be forestalled with a good interview.
3. Does the recruit fit in the place? People who enjoy peace and quiet and walks in the countryside will struggle for job satisfaction in a Dublin city base.

Role, organization and place fit can all be tested at the interview. It is as much the responsibility of the candidate to consider these factors, as it is the interviewer.