At Culture Shaper, we know that the employee with the best resume, isn’t always the best candidate for the job. Culture Fit is the missing piece in the recruitment puzzle, but too many organisations don’t know how to measure it at the recruitment stage, or in an ongoing fashion within their own organisations.

Ankita Sachdeva, writing for People Matters says

‘Finding the right employee is lot like finding a life partner. You don’t want a perfect person but a person who is perfect for you. Similarly, an employee with a great resume might not always be a great fit to your organization. Whereas, individuals whose personalities and values — and not just their skills — closely match with the goals and culture of the company, are more likely to thrive, work harder and stay longer.’

This echoes the war stories we hear every day from our consultants and the recruitment staff we work with. Culture Fit is at least as important in staff retention as any other workplace factor.

So how do we recruit effectively with Culture Fit in mind?

Ankita goes on to say:

‘It can be done via two ways. First is the self-select system where the company job advertisements, career portal and general candidate communications are peppered with cultural/values information about the company and the job. The candidate is expected to read these items and to decide if this is the job for him/her.

The second way to assess for culture fit; preferred by many organizations is using personality assessments. Though, there are no defined steps on how to use personality assessments to measure culture fit.‘

While we agree with these general sentiments, this still sounds very hit and miss, and that’s where Culture Shaper fills the gap.

Culture Shaper provides a multi-purpose tool that can be used for selection and recruitment, and for organisation culture and employee development.

Culture Shaper can be utilised across all areas of operation; employee selection, engagement, retention, attraction, performance and productivity management.

Culture cannot be imposed – it has to be built.

You start that process by mapping where you are now, then determine where you want to be, so that you can develop a strategy on how to bridge whatever the gap is.

The Culture Shaper Program informs that process EVERY STEP OF THE WAY!

Culture Shaper is a unique culture development tool assisting progressive organisations to shape, manage and transform organisational culture from the ground up!

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