What defines competence when you want to hire a staff for your business?

[King Belieal]

Every business would grow at astronomical levels of they have competent staff. And for most businesses, that must be gotten right at recruitment.

What are the qualities that define competence if you want to hire a staff in your business? What are the qualities that you look out for to conclude that a prospective staff is competent?

 

[Xtynehappy]

Competence is the sense at which one is able to produce their best on the business for sure.

 

[Fidelia]

For me, competence is when a prospective employee has shown efficiency in the job role that they would be employed to fill.

 

[Springtime]

To me, an employee's competence is his/her ability to do his/her job successfully and efficiently.

 

[Suba]

When recruiting staff, competence will be related to job descriptions, education, work experience, work ethics, and special competency tests related to their work are often held. Competence is also often measured by psychological tests.

 

[Augusta]

it is to hire the person that is knowledgeable and skilled. When these two are in place then you can hire the person

 

[King Belieal]

A potential staff should have a degree of knowledge in the job role and be ready to advance that knowledge. That is competence.

 

[eLdavis]

I feel one can't really tell the level of competence of a staff by just their resume, the results they produce is the best way to see this. This is why most organizations tend to let their workers work for a while to observe them before they finally hire them.

 

[Kross]

Just give them the task that they are to perform in the interview and see how they go about it to determine their competence.