A common pain point in many HR departments is often the responsibility of recruiting new talent. Many companies have job postings up for months with no luck filling the role due to a variety of factors. In some cases, even more detrimental to the company, the role may be filled with the wrong candidate which can lead to future, and larger obstacles.
Here at Dedicated, we are aiming to become the top place of work in the Metro Minnesota area. We are doing this by offering competitive medical benefits, including mental health reimbursement, gym membership reimbursement, and free chiropractic care to our team and their immediate family. We have worked hard to cultivate a culture of excellence, not perfection, that accepts all no matter their background. Finally, we offer our team members the opportunity to volunteer with over 12 NPO’s that we support directly using Paid Volunteer Time Off benefits.
Becoming an attractive place of employment is the first step in combatting some of the recruiting challenges, but we also have a focus on balancing our requirements when finding new talent. Competency is always a large factor in any hiring decision, but we also put weight on the candidate’s culture fit in regard to their ability to buy into our mission and fit in with our company values. Our mission is that we believe business has the greatest opportunity to change the world, and we are taking steps to prove it. With that mission in mind, we often make some tough hiring decisions based on how much the candidate expresses interest and excitement to be a part of the mission, where some companies may make that decision solely based on competency and past achievements.
We believe that you can always teach and train new hires as necessary, but it is often harder to teach someone how to align with your values and get behind your mission. That is one way that we differentiate from many other businesses in the financial industry, and it has worked well for us to date. We have a diverse team full of excellence and are growing drastically!
– Samuel Matthews, HR Generalist and Corporate Recruiter