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SUNDAY REWIND: How Culture Add Changes the Conversation on Hiring

If you’re hiring for culture fit, you might want to rethink your approach. That’s the message in this 2019 post from Saielle Montgomery.

Saielle shares her experience of hearing phrases like “she’s a bit quiet” while discussing candidates for roles and what the damage these seemingly passing comments can really go on to do.

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“Removing ‘culture fit’ from your recruiting decisions as the make-or-break isn’t a silver bullet,” says Saielle, “but it will help you to grow your values in the right direction”

Here we take a look back at her thoughts on ‘culture fit’ and how by thinking about ‘culture add’ instead, we can grow our values in the right direction.

Discover how you might shift the conversation in your hiring practice and unearth new value in places you didn’t know to look.

Read How Culture Add Changes the Conversation on Hiring in full and discover more from our Sunday Rewind content series.

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If you're hiring for culture fit, you might want to rethink your approach. That's the message in this 2019 post from Saielle Montgomery. Saielle shares her experience of hearing phrases like "she's a bit quiet" while discussing candidates for roles and what the damage these seemingly passing comments can really go on to do. [caption id="attachment_24943" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]Image showing puzzle piece representing people being added to a puzzle "Removing 'culture fit' from your recruiting decisions as the make-or-break isn’t a silver bullet," says Saielle, "but it will help you to grow your values in the right direction"[/caption] Here we take a look back at her thoughts on 'culture fit' and how by thinking about 'culture add' instead, we can grow our values in the right direction. Discover how you might shift the conversation in your hiring practice and unearth new value in places you didn’t know to look. Read How Culture Add Changes the Conversation on Hiring in full and discover more from our Sunday Rewind content series.