A team may appear perfectly balanced on paper, but in practice, things just don’t run smoothly. Team members work hard and everyone is doing their best, yet performance is not optimal. Why is that? You can’t quite put your finger on it. As a recruiter, you are expected to know which levers to pull… but how do you actually do that?
Let’s start at the beginning. In most cases, that’s the job opening. We’re looking for a candidate to fill an open position. The job profile requires certain qualities and competencies. But have you ever considered that you might already have those competencies in-house? Maybe you actually need someone with the opposite profile to get the job done. Team members may need to join forces to achieve the right balance.
Perhaps the team is missing a true go-getter, or someone who brings calm and structure, or someone who sees the bigger picture. But how do you find out what your team excels at and what it’s really missing?
Track it to know it
As mentioned, we often start right away by setting requirements and creating a job opening. But first, let’s take a look at what we already have in-house. After that, it’s time to assess the balance and start searching with focus.
It makes much more sense to first get to know your existing team members better. You can do this with a competency-based assessment. With the smart software from Softmatch, this becomes a breeze. You have all team members take a short test. Once everyone has completed it, you get a kind of “blueprint” of your team—a crystal-clear overview of the team’s strengths, but most importantly, insight into what’s missing! Perhaps most colleagues score high on creativity and collaboration but lower on decisiveness. Or maybe you have plenty of thinkers but too few doers. By analyzing the team in this way, you know exactly what a new team member should bring to become a real asset for the team and the organization.
Imagine your marketing team is bursting with creative ideas, but projects often run over schedule. Softmatch provides a solution for you as a recruiter, as well as for the manager or team members. It maps out where the organization would benefit most—in this case, someone with strong skills in planning, results orientation, and structure.It can also mean redistributing roles within a team, so that each role is filled by the most suitable team member.
With these insights, you as a recruiter can search much more strategically. You’re not looking for just “any candidate,” but for the truly best candidate—the missing link in the team.
No assumptions—just decisions backed by competencies.
In recruitment, many decisions are still made based on intuition: “I have a good feeling about this candidate.” And to be fair, that feeling is important. But it’s also subjective. Softmatch helps you analyze your current team. Sounds great, but how do you then find the candidate with the missing competencies? This is where Softmatch comes in again. It provides you with the right tools, such as an assessment, to back up that gut feeling with data.
You simply add an assessment button to your job application page or manually send selected candidates an invitation to take an assessment. Once the candidate has successfully completed it, you compare the team analysis with the assessment results. This way, you can immediately see if someone fits into the existing team. Does their communication style match? Do they bring balance or more of the same? The beauty of it is: you don’t need to be a data analyst. The results are presented clearly and even in percentages, so as a recruiter, all you have to do is compare and decide.
Smart integration with your existing ATS or HR system
Softmatch integrates seamlessly with an existing ATS or HR system, so there’s no need to implement an entirely new platform! Curious how it works? Keep an eye on our upcoming blogs for more information. Can’t wait to satisfy your curiosity? Then request a demo right away. gratis demo aan.
A successful team doesn’t come together by chance. It requires insight, attention, and sometimes the courage to acknowledge what’s missing. Softmatch makes this process easier, more objective, and smarter. By analyzing your existing team, you gain a clear understanding of its current strengths and weaknesses. With that insight, you can strategically search for the person who truly completes the team.
