Panelists: Look Beyond the Resume to Find – and Keep – the Best Employees
The level of success any organization is able to achieve depends largely on the quality of its employees, making hiring and retaining the right employees critical. And while it may seem that qualifications would be the best measure of how an individual will perform within the organization, the evaluation process for potential employees must go much deeper than their resume.
This was the recurring theme of yesterday’s State of the Industry session, titled “Talent Management: Best Practices for the Security Industry.” Moderator Rebecca Bayne of BCSI/Bayne Consulting and Search Inc. led panelists Larry Newman of Axis Communications, Chris Staniforth of ALC Consulting Inc. and Eric Yunag of Dakota Security Systems through a discussion of how best to identify, hire and retain those employees who will ultimately be the best fit for an organization. All agreed that while a resume is a good indicator of an individual’s skills, how that person’s core values align with the organization’s core values is equally important – if not more so.