Turnover and skills mismatched to the job are two major causes of lost productivity. Unfilled positions, time spent on recruiting and hiring, and absenteeism resulting directly from job dissatisfaction annually cost the business community billions of dollars.

Many employers believe that hiring the best people for the job is as simple as offering the right salary and benefits. While these should correspond to an employee's responsibility and authority levels, your company needs to address other key factors when hiring each member of your workforce.

The NGS Workforce Productivity Program™ considers all elements of the hiring process. When tailored to your organization's needs, the Program will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of your hiring process, increase your retention rate, boost your organization's productivity, and save money.

New companies can initiate the Program in a sweeping move to hire all employee levels - management and staff - who are responsible for every aspect of the business. Existing organizations can benefit from the Program's use to improve the practices involved in filling current or new positions. Over time, the Program can be easily and systematically applied to all hiring efforts.

Keys to Successful Hiring

Hiring is an important thread in weaving your organization's fabric. It ranks as high as your financial resources, the quality of your products and services, and your marketing, sales and customer service programs. That's why it is important to take all the necessary precautions to assure the success of employee placement.

• Accurately identify job responsibilities, qualifications, and authorities at the outset - before placing an advertisement or posting the position internally.
  
  
• Use the best sources to publicize and recruit for available positions among the target audiences who will attract the most qualified applicants.
  
  
• Consistently apply established methods to screen and test applicants.
  
  
• Develop pertinent questions and proven interview techniques that will provide data to make informed hiring decisions.
  
  
• Extend offers of employment that provide thorough and accurate information that cannot be challenged legally or in any other way.
  
  
• Test candidates adequately and in a manner that is suitable to the position's responsibilities and authorities.
  
  
• Conduct an orientation program that welcomes new hires and lays the foundation for the mutual commitment of the employer and employee to the organization's success.

The Productive Solution

For more than 25 years, Nitty-Gritty Solutions' team of HR specialists, lawyers, psychologists and process managers have helped a variety of businesses improve their hiring processes. We stay current on all legal requirements and improvements in employee testing methods.

Count on us to be your productive solution to the every day challenge of hiring a qualified workforce.