{"id":8261,"date":"2016-08-16T10:26:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T10:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keblog.demoapp.xyz\/?p=8261"},"modified":"2022-10-19T03:45:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T03:45:57","slug":"how-your-dating-experience-can-actually-help-you-hire-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/how-your-dating-experience-can-actually-help-you-hire-better","title":{"rendered":"How Your Dating Experience Can Actually Help You Hire Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you think about it,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/should-you-think-hiring-like-dating-john-voorhees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hiring people is really just like dating<\/a><\/strong>\u2014when you go over resumes and cover letters, you think about who&#8217;s worth swiping right. And just like dating, there will be people you&#8217;ll have\u00a0perfect chemistry\u00a0with\u2014those interviews where you and the candidate\u00a0just\u00a0click.<\/p>\n<p>And then there are those\u00a0that didn&#8217;t really go so well.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">When you&#8217;re hiring<\/a><\/strong>, you&#8217;re actually choosing your next relationship; one whose values align with the company, who&#8217;s passionate about the job you do\u00a0and the job they are going into, and of course, one whose personality matches with your company&#8217;s culture.<\/p>\n<p>So before you fall head over heels with &#8220;The One,&#8221;\u00a0here are some dating tips you could apply onto your next\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/is-it-time-to-revisit-your-recruitment-strategy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hiring process<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_26 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">TOPICS<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><label for=\"item\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/how-your-dating-experience-can-actually-help-you-hire-better\/#Maybe_youll_fall_for_a_Maybe\" title=\"Maybe you&#8217;ll fall for a &#8220;Maybe&#8221;\">Maybe you&#8217;ll fall for a &#8220;Maybe&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/how-your-dating-experience-can-actually-help-you-hire-better\/#Find_the_chemistry\" title=\"Find the chemistry\">Find the chemistry<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/how-your-dating-experience-can-actually-help-you-hire-better\/#Think_of_the_future\" title=\"Think of the future\">Think of the future<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Maybe_youll_fall_for_a_Maybe\"><\/span><strong>Maybe you&#8217;ll fall for a &#8220;Maybe&#8221;<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Today&#8217;s dating scene has fully evolved. All you have to do now is stalk a person online, get some info on them, and whether you&#8217;re satisfied\u00a0or unsure with what you see, you go ahead and ask them out to so you&#8217;ll know them better.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0lot of people fall for the &#8220;maybe&#8217;s&#8221; the first time, but when they finally meet in person, everything changes. So, consider this when you&#8217;re looking over a bunch of resumes, you will never know who catches your professional heartstrings until you&#8217;ve interviewed them personally. And just like looking over online dating apps, you need to have a criteria to look\u00a0for\u2014college degrees, skills, experiences, etc.<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t limit yourself to that. You also need to look out for what makes them standout from the rest\u2014a special skill, or perhaps a unique viewpoint they acquired from their previous company. Look for the\u00a0<em>maybe&#8217;s<\/em>, because you&#8217;ll never know, the right one might just be there.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Find_the_chemistry\"><\/span>Find the chemistry<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On a dating site, you have access to their\u00a0<em>information<\/em>: do they have kids? What religion do they practice? Do we have anything in common? But what you can&#8217;t see, however, is if you have chemistry together. That\u2019s why you go on a date\u2014to see if there&#8217;s chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>The same is true in hiring. You have all the information from your applicant&#8217;s resumes, but you don&#8217;t know if you&#8217;ll really like them, or if they&#8217;re perfect for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Company culture may not be your biggest concern, however, the dynamic the person will have with you and other co-workers sometimes determines whether they&#8217;ll fit in or not. So in an interview, look for chemistry.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Think_of_the_future\"><\/span>Think of the future<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Thinking about going exclusive in a relationship is a scary yet exciting thing, and it can feel the same when it comes to hiring. Of course, there are the occasional thoughts of, &#8220;What if it doesn&#8217;t work out?&#8221; Should you need to hire again?<\/p>\n<p>Well, you can&#8217;t go through life always wondering, &#8220;What If.&#8221; Hiring people has stages of cutting others out, but how you close the door with those you almost hired is important too. You never know when you&#8217;re going to need them again.<\/p>\n<p>So when it&#8217;s\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/lizryan\/2014\/09\/25\/how-to-tell-a-job-candidate-were-not-hiring-you\/#4793705120d6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">time to say goodbye to great matches<\/a><\/strong>, always show appreciation for the chance of getting to know each other. With grace and with ease, explain that you&#8217;ve decided to go exclusive with someone else. Then lastly,\u00a0wish them luck.<\/p>\n<p>This gives both of you an open opportunity for future possibilities in case the first one doesn&#8217;t work out. Looking for your next hire is like committing to &#8220;The One.&#8221; However, remove the pressure of looking for your best match, because the world will still continue to turn when the first one didn&#8217;t work. But with luck and some pixie dust, you might just find a candidate that will commit to being your &#8220;One,&#8221; too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up on Kalibrr<\/a>\u00a0and start hiring better today! You can also follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kalibrrforbusiness\/?fref=ts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more business and recruiter advice.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you think about it,\u00a0hiring people is really just like dating\u2014when you go over resumes and cover letters, you think about who&#8217;s worth swiping right. And just like dating, there will be people you&#8217;ll have\u00a0perfect chemistry\u00a0with\u2014those interviews where you and the candidate\u00a0just\u00a0click. And then there are those\u00a0that didn&#8217;t really go so well.\u00a0When you&#8217;re hiring, you&#8217;re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":8262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8261"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}