| It is astonishing to me how extraordinary amounts of | | | | the job in the regional office! If it's not necessary to |
| resources are being wasted during the hiring process | | | | fulfill all the obligations of the job, then the job is not |
| especially by medium to large-sized companies and | | | | necessary. |
| organizations who have national or international | | | | - the person from head office was also going to come |
| presence. | | | | back to train the successful candidate. What? So |
| This waste tells me that, despite advanced university | | | | again, another flight, more hotel and meal costs and |
| degrees required to secure their management or | | | | more costs for all the work being neglected! Or, as I |
| executive positions, people have no idea what it | | | | said before, the head office job was redundant. Surely, |
| means not to waste money, not to waste time and | | | | the executive director in this locale had been hired for |
| not to waste resources, in other words, manage | | | | management expertise and surely the ed could train |
| properly. | | | | the new person since the ed should know and |
| They talk about "strategic plans", "analysis", "budgets", | | | | understand every job under his/her supervision |
| and other such "buzz" words but their actions speak | | | | - and that wasn't all - more money, time and resource |
| louder than words - they haven't a clue what these | | | | wasted - the candidates would be asked to come ack |
| things mean or how to use them. | | | | for a second interview and, this time, the executive |
| Having a budget means dedicating the majority of the | | | | director would be included! Talk about waste! The cost |
| money to the purpose at hand: either making profit in | | | | of the time for all these highly paid people to be |
| the case of business or helping clients in the case of a | | | | involved in dual interviews for a one-year contract |
| non-profit. And, like your household budget, it means | | | | which would be ending in 11 months is incredible! |
| THINKING about every expense - is the expense | | | | The inefficiencies of this operation are clear. And the |
| necessary? If so, what is the least expensive but most | | | | waste of money is clear. And wasting time is the |
| effective way of getting the job done? | | | | norm! Obviously, this organization has money to burn! |
| Yesterday, I was made aware of a situation. A | | | | Can you imagine the thousands of dollars going |
| national non-profit wanted to hire an individual for a | | | | towards such frivolous practices when research and |
| one-year contract position to replace someone going | | | | helping clients are supposed to be the most important |
| on maternity leave. You'll be astonished by this | | | | focus! How many times a year do they do this? What |
| scenario if you know anything about good | | | | other inefficiencies are rampant in this organization? |
| management and good hiring practices: | | | | Likely a lot - and that's what happens to organizations |
| - the person going on maternity had already left. As | | | | and businesses when they go national or international |
| far as I know, it still takes nine months for a full-term | | | | or become very large - a sense of entitlement that |
| pregnancy. Why hadn't the search for the replacement | | | | wastes all form of resources! |
| taken place months prior to her departure? (no the | | | | While some small organizations are struggling to make |
| baby had not arrived early) When the pregnancy was | | | | ends meet, these large organizations are squandering |
| announced, preparation should have taken place to | | | | time, money and resources. Why are they being paid |
| assure proper coverage during the leave including | | | | the "big bucks" if they have no idea how to manage |
| written instructions for every part of the job, hiring in | | | | efficiently and effectively? It's not exclusive to |
| plenty of time before the start of the leave to allow | | | | non-profits - it happens in business too and certainly, |
| for training and assuring that the executive director | | | | government is over-run by such inefficiencies. Why? |
| was fully engaged with this. Logical, right? Apparently | | | | Because managers and executives haven't got a clue |
| not in this organization. | | | | what it means to properly manage a budget, manage |
| - the interview process included someone flown in | | | | people, manage time, manage resources - everyone |
| from head office hundreds of miles away yet the | | | | wants a pay cheque and benefits - I ask - at what |
| organization had an executive director running the | | | | expense? |
| regional office. Imagine the cost of this travel in this day | | | | Yes, people should be well compensated for a job well |
| and age - flights, meals, hotels, cabs plus the time this | | | | done but, in cases like these, everyone in the upper |
| person was away from head office - not just a day | | | | echelons of this organization should be fired because |
| or two - an entire week! The executive director could | | | | they are clearly not managing and clearly inept. The |
| have easily handled the interview, hired someone and | | | | Board members at all levels should also be dismissed |
| reported back (as he/she should have). What was the | | | | as the fiscal responsibility which they are charged with |
| point of having an executive director on site if it | | | | is being neglected. |
| required head office personnel to do the hiring? It | | | | I, for one, will not be donating to this cause nor will I |
| simply didn't make sense! Okay, let's say it was | | | | volunteer. I feel sorry for the clients who are not being |
| important to have this head office person involved for | | | | well served by the dollars raised - thousands and |
| whatever reason - what's wrong with online | | | | thousands of dollars annually being spent in this kind of |
| conferencing? A lot less expensive than a trip! | | | | nonsense is beyond my comprehension. These |
| Remember, this was a temporary job they were hiring | | | | thousands of dollars should be going to equipment, to |
| for. | | | | services, to research, to support groups and to serving |
| - the scope of the job for the temporary replacement | | | | the clients they claim to serve. |
| was undefined - undefined - it would depend on the | | | | I feel sorry too for all the volunteers who give their |
| skill set of the individual being hired. HUH? Shouldn't the | | | | time, energy and expertise to help an organization who |
| person hired have the skill set to fulfill the obligations of | | | | so deeply disrespects their contributions. |
| that job? Tailor the job to the candidates? I cannot tell | | | | And so it goes with hiring ... thinking is non-existent... no |
| you how absurd that statement was, well, to me, at | | | | one is thinking about the bottom line and how much it |
| least. As a senior manager, I knew what people did in | | | | costs to hire... it's simply accepted that one process fits |
| their jobs and I hired temporary replacements based | | | | all, at all cost!. May as well let the computers do the |
| the fact that the individual hired could and would fulfill | | | | hiring... one thing for sure with computers - it would be |
| every aspect of that job! This statement tells me that | | | | a lot less expensive and less wasteful! |
| not only is the head office position redundant but also | | | | |