GETTING VACANCY REQUIREMENTS RIGHT IN WORKPLACE

By Sabastine Uchola

Minimum of 5years experience, maximum of 10years.
Qualification : ” Masters”, and if its “B.sc” it must be First-class Distinction.

In as much I’m not trying questioning job owners choices and models to be adopted in recruiting staffs to their establishments (MD or GM). But do you really think it is only years of experience your company needed to grow?

The thing is,Your company doesn’t only need years of experience, what your company needs is the right person(s) such that can move your company from its present stage, to the dreamed heights you aimed.

You and I know that “experience is the perfect teacher”. But, don’t forget that we are in “COMPUTER -AGE”. A digital era where people get knowledge of things without occupying the position.

Someone can occupy office years without having much to offer to the company, and a fresher will come and have the vision of the company.
Let me give you a short story, I was working in an “Elite hotel” in Ilorin Kwara State as a cleaner, Something happened in the other branch and they sacked the manager that’s managing the hotel.

Then the “GENERAL MANAGER” told me to go and manage there, and I have never being in a position of manager. Then, I asked him to give me three days off from work, and he accepted. I went to library and read management books for the three days off.

I did not stop there, I bought myself a management book because I want to study more about management.
My first day in office, I went through all their weekly, monthly, and yearly sales and expenses.

Then I asked myself how I can reduce the expenses, and increase sales? Fortunately, I got the answer within me. When I started my job as manager, the report sales changed positively and the MD was surprised.

It is not about years of experience that matters sometimes, it is all about the right person that has IQ and EQ.
“EQ deals with how to relating with people and achieve your goals.

Talk about “GRADE” in vacancy, I will say , it is not a big issue the way you MD/GM handles it. I will explain.

We are in the twenty -first century where people buy grades in institutions, It’s hard to know or identify the best students through certificates these days. Because some of lecturers have corrupted our educational system.

Through collecting bribes from students. The brilliant ones who refused to give money or her body to them, such lecturer will spoil their Certificate by giving them LOW CREDIT, PASS and give FIRST CLASS DISTINCTION or whatever they negotiate to the one that gave money or her body to them.

Then, when two of them submit an application in your company, you call the one whose Certificate is FIRST CLASS. Because you believe that is the right person your company needs to grow.

Many companies have lost potential staff that should have moved their company to the dreamed land because of that.
When you are hiring, consider capacity and what they have in their head, not Certificate alone.

HOW DO I KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR HEADS?

Interview will tell you, call both LOW CREDIT and FIRST CLASS for interview. Because you know people more and who they are, and what they can offer through conversation or interaction.