How much are your jobs worth?
What did you think of when you read this title? Did you think “Money?” If you’re a regular reader of the itzbig blog, you know that concepts like worth and investment mean more than just money to us. It means you’ve got to establish employee worth by creating a strong hiring/recruiting, development, and retention culture. You do that by investing - yes, some money - but also time and diligence into understanding and fulfilling your organization’s needs. You adapt your understanding of talent-placement to fit the market, and you implement that understanding in the workplace. As a post on The Impassioned Workforce argues:
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“Gardeners use their knowledge of plants, growing conditions and their available resources to ensure each plant achieves its optimum performance.[…] I believe this to be true of managers and their reports as well.”# O% a: p/ N( p; ]
- R% P5 i \# U1 [' EWhether you’re a hiring manager, a recruiter, or some other member of the HR team trying to place and retain candidates, knowing the worth of your jobs and the talent you seek to place determines the difference between mediocrity and greatness.# E' i, ~- f6 H& ^, t. s+ H8 k8 l4 d
' Q4 a5 I3 j4 v) KOne major truth of business to keep in mind is that changing work culture is a top-down exercise. Or,as Anna Farmery says in a quote on The Engaging Brand, “Management doesn’t change culture. Management invites the workforce itself to change the culture” (via Impassioned Workforce). In fact, she argues that the word “invite” is crucial to understanding how to increase the worth of your jobs. Employees thrive when they feel that management has invited them to participate, when their communication is solicited and their needs taken seriously./ U; x' Q5 \+ [ m L0 T
! r# @5 V- `9 M1 t7 qIf that change doesn’t come from the CEO, it can still be a top-down implementation, and that creates a powerful opportunity for HR departments. Even though, in a recent survey of 545 HR professionals,& X; f; o9 {) @+ s6 s+ C) n5 g
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“62 percent feel HR is perceived as more than a support function, and less than half consider their budget sufficient to their needs, […] most HR people surveyed feel they have the authority they need on their jobs, and some 77 percent compliment the relationships their departments have with others.” (via HR Daily Advisor); ^) u' ^4 d; |6 W0 r8 c
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Hiring managers and the recruiters they work with can ensure that they bring in the highest quality talent by increasing the workplace’s and its culture’s sense of worth. At itzbig, we think that level of graciousness and care can revolutionize the world of employment, and we’re trying to foster that change one job at a time.
