The Right Fit

"Perhaps the greatest predictor of success in finding the perfect candidate for a teaching vacancy in your center is a clear understanding of what fit means to you, your staff, and your program....  Fit criteria spell out the special characteristics, expectations, knowledge, skills, philosophy, instructional approaches, and all the other qualities that make the job and your program unique," observes Kay Albrecht in The Right Fit: Recruiting, Selecting, and Orienting Staff.

"Thinking about the recruitment process in terms of goodness of fit requires a subtle but important shift in thinking — a shift from hiring to selecting.  If you think of your role as hiring the most qualified candidate, the tendency is to focus on the paper qualifications of applicants, looking for that one résumé that stands out from all the rest.  If, on the other hand, you think of your role as selecting the right candidate, the most qualified person on paper may or may not be the right person. Selecting requires a careful analysis of fit." 

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