Hiring employees who fit your culture has become a buzzword recently.. Unfortunately the metrics and criteria to create the selection filters for culture fit are often very subjective. It brings into question how HR and hiring managers can discern between diverse talent who aren’t skillfully qualified and those that don’t fit the culture without introducing various forms of bias.
The foundation of culture fit and community are often based on similarity, creating harmony, and avoiding disagreement. Culture and community often infers that employees share common values, reach similar decisions, approach work similarly, and share common goals. But what makes one fit well into the community may be the very thing that excludes diversity of color, gender, ethnicity, and even thought. It’s not that hiring employees who fit your culture is a bad idea. It’s just tricky to navigate and more complicated than just hiring people who “share your values.”
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