Inductions - One of the most important recruitment processes.

Having worked within the recruitment sector for over eight years now with six of them in the health sector, I am constantly surprised by the lack of importance placed by employers on inducting new members of their team into their company, culture and ethos.

Within the Optometry sector there is an ever-increasing battle for talent specifically within certain skill sets and geographical areas, when you have found someone for these areas, for them not to be inducted properly almost defeats the point of recruiting them.

A perfect example of this was when we were recruiting for a client within a hard to fill area of the UK. Their wish list was highly specific which considerably narrowed the field, however, we found a highly qualified candidate who, after a number of interviews, agreed to join the company.

Three weeks later I received a phone call from the client stipulating that the candidate had left, upon further investigation it became apparent that the client had gone on holiday the week the new member of their team had joined and then berated the person on their return for not doing the job properly or at least as they interpreted it! Was it any wonder they left?

Whilst I appreciate this is an extreme example, it highlights the fact that a thorough and comprehensive induction is a vital part of making sure thatyour team are happy and productive.

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