Improve Work Motivation by Evaluating Job Fit 

Do you want to avoid the challenges of having a good person who is not a good fit for the job?

You must ask and answer this essential question about with every candidate and employee: "Do the behaviors, rewards, personal skills, background, and future visions for this job - fit (or match) - the person interviewing or in the job?"

Applying any other motivation technique (like goal setting, training, or encouragement) BEFORE you evaluate job fit in does not fix the fit problem, and is a big fat waste of time!

The "Official" Wake Up Eager EVALUATE JOB FIT Definition:

To EVALUATE JOB FIT is to focus on matching jobs to the right people, ensuring you have the right people in the right 'seats.' (Including yourself!)

EVALUATING JOB FIT is a repeatable process you can learn, where you define what each job needs, and then successfully match individual talents to each job in four areas: Background/Experience, Communication Style, Motivators and Personal Skills.

EVALUATING JOB FIT is important because it will help you:

• Lower risk when hiring and promoting
• Improve job performance and satisfaction
• Reveal your own and others specific strengths and development opportunities
• Reduce unwanted turnover.

To discover if you are doing everything you can Evaluate Job Fit during the hiring process, take this free quiz Top 13 Mistakes Hiring Managers Make.

What Does it Mean To Evaluate Job Fit?

When it comes to solid and consistent work motivation, whether you are hiring, promoting, or looking for a new position yourself, a solid resume and interview are just part of the story but are not nearly enough to know whether work motivation and performance will be consistent and robust.

• Resumes and interviews don't reveal whether the job rewards what intrinsically motivates the person.  If not a match, motivation will wane quickly.
• Resumes and interviews don't reveal whether the communication style needed for success in the job is the person's natural communication style. If not a match, tension and stress will build.
• Resumes and interviews don't reveal whether the personal skills and attitudes needed for success in the job match the talents and capacity of the person.  If not a match, you'll get low performance, low capability, and a lot of headaches as you try to manage this person.

BOTTOM LINE:  Good people struggle when they do not fit all aspects of the role. And that includes much  more than their resume and background. 

How Can You Do a Better Job at Evaluating Job Fit?

Review these resources to build your understanding:

• The Importance of Job Fit
• Improve Your Process
• Hiring-Related PODCASTS
• Podcast: How the Car Analogy and Science Can Help You Understand Others and Guide Performance.  
• Daily Tips Program & Book:  Get 70 Hiring and Interview Tips Delivered to Your Email Monday through Friday
• Plan a Talk or Workshop for Your Interview Team: Risk, Reward and Research: The Top Three Mistakes Hiring Managers Make.