Middle East is indeed a challenging market when it comes to talent management. While the company owners / leaders / HR know their competitive advantage is dependent hugely on their human resources yet it is the HR activities that take the first hit during recession and last to be revived during recovery. Leaving investment aside; how long can organizations survive on 2 dimensional hiring practices primarily focused around a candidates appearance, manners, expressiveness, knowledge, experience, education, and so on. When are we going to start focusing on the 3rd dimension - positive attitude, aptitude & intelligence, temperament, internal motivation and determination knowing that these in-built traits are very difficult to influence and change. in fact it is these in-built traits that emerge 6 to 8 months down the line when managers suddenly decide they may have made a wrong hiring decision because the person does not have the right "attitude" for the job!

Well why not identify what the right attitude for the job should be before even starting search and base your shortlist selection on the attitude and personality more than on education and experience which can both be learnt on the job.

Understanding the challenges and know the culture intimately we have partnered with one such organization who has been specialising since 1960's in identifying the 3rd dimension before the search even begins.

For more information please visit our website on www.hamiltonresourcing.com