more than 300 power transmission/motion control distribution and manufacturing companies, representing over $20 billion in product sales.
Your customers come to you for the knowledge you have about how to improve their processes, make them more efficient and add to their bottom line. But when you look at what keeps your customers happy, it's your employees with the right soft skills assisting them that drive customer loyalty. Soft skills are not related to knowledge or education and are more difficult to assess in during the interview process. Use this PT WORK Force resource that breaks soft skills into five areas (communication, critical-thinking, leadership, teamwork and work ethic) to learn more about these skills for PT/MC employers. Download Cultivate Soft Skills to Build Loyalty with Your Customers.
The power transmission/motion control industry (as with most industries in the current economy) is very much in need of talented professional individuals to drive our business forward. Lately it seems that the “need” far outweighs the talent available.
A low time to hire has always been a priority, but in today’s market, it is imperative that our HR professionals or hiring managers act quickly and intelligently to ensure skilled talent does not go elsewhere. That being said, one cannot sacrifice the quality of talent, just to achieve hiring efficiency. The ramifications of a bad hire, not only restart the hiring process but have costs well beyond the hiring process itself.
Here are some suggestions on how you might improve your time to hire process and hiring success.