{"id":13351,"date":"2023-05-16T17:33:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T16:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.s1jobs.com\/blog\/?p=13351"},"modified":"2023-05-16T17:33:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T16:33:11","slug":"how-important-is-values-based-recruiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.s1jobs.com\/blog\/how-important-is-values-based-recruiting\/","title":{"rendered":"How important is values-based recruiting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13352 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.s1jobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBR.jpg\" alt=\"values-based recruiting\" width=\"850\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.s1jobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBR.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.s1jobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBR-600x380.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.s1jobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBR-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.s1jobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBR-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn hopes its recently-launched values-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.s1jobs.com\/\">job search<\/a> filter will make it easier for jobseekers to find roles that align with their values, including equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and work-life balance.<\/p>\n<p>Research shows that 67% of professionals in the UK want to work for companies who are aligned with their personal values as well as an 154% increase in job ads mentioning culture and values over the past two years. Additionally, 58% of employees have considered leaving their current jobs within the year because their employer does not have the same values as them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So how do you showcase your company values?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Head of HR and talent consultant at Your People Associates, Nicola Kleinmann, says making VBR a part of the hiring process can be useful in a highly competitive job market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would help both parties as it would help the journey, and allow an element of self-directing both in and out of organisations if the values don&#8217;t resonate with what candidates are looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Kleinmann adds it can be challenging to demonstrate a company\u2019s core values as these are things that are \u201cdeeply embedded\u201d in individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Katie Allen, EDI consultant and executive coach, echoes this sentiment. She welcomes the move by LinkedIn but points out that jobseekers will be looking for evidence rather than just virtue signalling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA filter is only one step in attracting people to their job advert, and a useful one. But what will candidates find when they begin to research the business, or when they accept the offer and start work?\u201d says Allen.<\/p>\n<p>Yvonne Smyth, director at Hays, suggests that VBR could \u201ccertainly help connect employers with candidates who would fit with, and enhance, their organisation\u201d, but that businesses should provide examples.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmployers need to give insights into what a lived experience is likely to be in an\u00a0organisation, through case studies and storytelling, for instance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kleinmann outlines what a VBR approach should look like, saying values would \u201cideally\u201d come before skills, experience and aptitude, and hopes organisations start to change how they recruit. \u201cWhere clients are spoilt for choice; they get so super prescriptive with experience\u00a0\u2013 even down to sector-specific skills,\u201d she says, but highlights that <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbusiness.co.uk\/company-values-getting-job-candidates-2534206\/\">candidate experience<\/a> must align with the values a company is promoting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn hopes its recently-launched values-based job search filter will make it easier for jobseekers to find roles that align with their values, including equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and work-life balance. 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