With the great competitiveness in the corporate market, even before hiring a professional to join their team, companies must follow some criteria so that hiring does not turn into a series of mistakes that could lead to losses with some employee profiles.
It is essential to understand that professionals with a profile that is inappropriate for the company's environment and needs, instead of contributing, end up getting in the way, reducing productivity and harming the team. Based on this, we list below some of the professional profiles on the market and how managers can act according to each profile.
Competent but accommodating
Generally, this professional has been working for a few years, is competent in carrying out his activities, but rarely suggests new ideas. Furthermore, this type tends to be resistant to change and does not seek to update itself. For the leader, this professional is not a problem, depending on the role he performs in the company. It is possible to reverse this situation by offering benefits, such as scholarships or courses, which can also encourage employees to leave their comfort zone and seek alternatives to become professional and improve their results.
unhappy professional
This is the professional who causes the most problems for the organization, as the lack of motivation harms the employee's performance and can even contaminate colleagues. Scolding and threats are not the best way, on the contrary, it can make dissatisfaction even worse. The tip is to have a conversation with this professional and honestly ask why you are unhappy and how the company could help you resolve this problem, if possible.
Proactive and enthusiastic
These characteristics are well regarded, but exaggeration on the part of the professional can make it inconvenient. There are also situations in which a person always suggests new ideas, but they are almost never relevant. Therefore, the leader must make the employee understand that, before suggesting something, it is necessary to assess whether there is a possibility of the idea becoming concrete and being developed.
Motivated proactive, with common sense
In this case, the manager's challenge is to retain the professional so that he or she remains in the company, remembering that people with this profile are sought after by competing companies. The leader must maintain this person through promotion, salary increases and bonuses, in addition to assigning him responsibilities and rewarding him for results. It is essential that employees feel valued by the company, so that they can carry out their activities to their full potential.
Ambitious
The employee who wants to grow in the company and to do so tries to improve its results, must be seen as beneficial to the company. However, those who use unethical methods to climb higher positions in the hierarchy are dangerous and must be repressed, as in important positions, for example, they can cause conflicts with other good employees who are below them in their hierarchy, causing damage to the company. seeking individual benefit.
How to know the profile of each professional?
To find out a person's profile, even before hiring them, there are several ways, one of which is right at the time of the interview, using specific questions related to the job or even with psychological assessments during training, for example.
Psychological assessment is a procedure that aims to evaluate, in order to analyze, understand and clarify the dynamics of the psychological processes representing an individual. The main objective is to know the potential of each person, their individual skills and, for this, the psychological test is still the best instrument available, as, in addition to resulting in reliable data, as its psychometric characteristics are proven scientifically, it allows the psychologist to have a total view of the person and be able to define what their most advantageous skills or characteristics are, and also those in which they would need to invest a little more.
In a selection process, such information allows the psychologist to more confidently indicate people for specific positions and guide leaders on how to deal with their employees and what to effectively invest in to obtain greater development and better results. Likewise, in training and development, a psychological assessment provides sufficient support for a program to be forwarded considering individual and group specificities, and may even generate a redirection of the strategies adopted.
By carrying out this type of test and evaluation, you can find out which professional best suits your company. In times of crisis, this can be the main goal of companies, seeking to find professionals who are truly engaged with their work, who can deliver results in the short term and who make a difference within the corporate environment.
However, finding a professional with these requirements is often difficult.
Employees who are not motivated end up losing the desire to contribute to the company. When this happens, a lot of your working time ends up being wasted.
As an example, we have professionals who spend all day on the internet for personal activities , accessing social networks and messaging applications, without carrying out any type of work-related activity.
As managers are not always able to monitor team activities, in many cases employees end up using the internet for personal use.
Situations like this become a problem both for the employee, who may miss opportunities because they are unable to behave like a committed professional who generates results, and for the employer, who ends up investing time and money in employees who are not adding to the company.
So, what should we do when it comes to misuse of the internet and smartphones at work?
Although the company has the right to be aware of activities in the workplace, there are delicate issues involved in this matter. Monitoring may conflict with the constitutional right to privacy and secrecy of correspondence. It is necessary to inform employees of the existence of monitoring tools, also establishing clear limits of use, based on rights and duties. Therefore, the rules must always be visible so that employees know that they are being monitored when using the internet and in their environment, if there are filming cameras, for example.
Therefore, when misuse of the internet or equipment within the company is discovered, it is up to the manager to exercise common sense in order to prevent the misconduct from being repeated and for this purpose, punishment is not enough, it is recommended, firstly, objective and punctual contact with the employee to discuss the incident and possible warning.
Management and control of company internet access
One of the solutions, if your company is going through a situation like the ones mentioned above, is to implement a management and control system for the company's internet access, and then monitor and supervise your team more precisely, to know who really is focused on adding to the company and differentiating from those who are just taking up space and consuming resources in the corporate environment.
The company must also make available to its employees a document on the company's internet use policy , to inform and make employees aware of the company's internet use policy in the workplace, to ensure appropriate use of the Internet and technology resources on the part of the employee.
Inappropriate use of the internet can have a significant impact on companies' businesses and reputation, with a direct impact on customers, financial results and may even cause legal problems for corporations.
Likewise, concerns about messages, social networks, games, pornography, and many others, which overload the network and waste time during work, are legitimate.
If your company is concerned about wasting team time and poor use of the internet by employees, Lumiun Box can help your company solve this problem. In addition to protecting your network against threats and harmful websites, it is possible to control what each employee accesses on the internet and have detailed reports on network usage, all in a simple, practical and accessible way. Find out more about the tool by requesting a demonstration of the system or contact one of our consultants .
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