How Partnering with an Agency Can Help Prevent Hiring Mishaps
Perhaps the only thing worse than having a crucial vacancy on an IT team is filling it with the wrong person. Information Technology (IT) is a critical function of most companies, keeping data secure, networks running, websites operational, and code flowing correctly. One wrong move and one wrong hire can have disastrous consequences. Read on to learn more about the effects of a bad IT hire- and what you can do to help prevent one.
Hiring a new employee takes time—time to recruit and find them, time to interview them, and time from the offer to the official start date. Once they start, even more time is required to train them and get them up to speed on your company's culture and inner workings. Going through this entire process only to have a bad hire that is then let go means all that time is wasted, as you end up right back at the beginning of the hiring process.
In addition to wasted time, money is also wasted on a bad IT hire. From onboarding costs to any salary paid to the candidate, to resources invested in training them; all that goes right out of the window with nothing to show for it. Hiring the wrong person is a drain on the company.
A lousy IT hire isn't just a drain on the company; it can also be a strain on the company. Having a seat open for an extended period means the additional workload falls on the other existing team members. This can cause resentment and even burnout to develop. When a new hire is brought on only to be let go soon after, it can create a demoralizing atmosphere for the team, where the light at the end of the tunnel turns out to be the train circling back once more. In the very worst cases, this unbalanced workload can lead to team members quitting, creating additional vacancies that need to be filled (and compounding the work strain on those who are left).
Possibly the scariest potential consequence of a bad IT hire is the impact they can have on your company's bottom line. A wrong hire can create errors in code, cause security lapses or mishaps, or even be the cause of a data breach. Their inability to perform in the IT space correctly can lead to delays and errors in production, which can lead to customer dissatisfaction. One wrong hire can have a ripple effect when dealing with the IT infrastructure of a company – causing widespread damage that is difficult to fix and even harder to forget.
Hiring the wrong employee is a scary concept, especially when recruiting for an open role is only one task amongst the many on your to-do list. This is where partnering with an IT recruiting agency like Market Street Talent comes in. Market Street Talent is deeply vested in the IT space, with strong networks and talent pools of previously vetted candidates just looking for their next professional home. Let us focus on helping you recruit so you can get back to your other responsibilities. We know how to source for truly talented employees, screening for both technical fits as well as personality fits to ensure their entrance into your team is as seamless as possible.
And should the worst happen, and the wrong hire makes their way through the process? We offer a 60-day guarantee on full-time placements, giving you peace of mind that your time and money will not be wasted, no matter the outcome.
To learn more about partnering with Market Street Talent on your critical IT hires, reach out to us today!