"unnatural" selection

So, already not uncommon becoming hiring horoscope. One Chinese company announced that it would like to top up your staff people who were born in the year of the Dog. The reason for this unusual requirement was simple: the company needed employees with certain qualities of character. The fact that, according to the Eastern calendar, born in this year are particularly devotion. It is this trait of the staff and the head of the company was necessary.

Many Russian companies have also to take into account "the location of the stars" in hiring. Natalia Statsenko, CEO "Rostovregiongaz" LLC said:

"If a person is honest with himself, he is sure to find in a horoscope rational. Sometimes guided horoscope even when hiring employees. And I look at the worst manifestations of the sign, because the good qualities of a person is required to show, and that's what bad can hide behind him, trying to take into account in advance. "

However, despite the "demand" of the astrological approach to recruiting, not every recruitment agency is considering seriously the proposal, which appears for a candidate in the sign of the zodiac.

However, sometimes the exotic at first glance, the applicant wishes to have a logical explanation. So, Tatiana Holubchenko, the head of group recruitment "UNITY" Personnel Center, believes that it should be considered non-standard requirements of the employer just as his whim. Typically, in each of them there is a grain of truth.

"For example, the company needs a sales representative, necessarily having pets. It would seem, what does this have to work? But everything is explained when you learn the profile of the company: it sells pet food. It is logical to assume that man, he has a cat or a dog, it is better able to work in this direction ", - emphasizes the recruiter.

Unexpected requirements for applicants can be dictated not only the product, but also consumers. For example, today there are a number of companies are trying to attract the employment of persons with different sexual orientation.

"Sexual minorities - it is quite a large percentage of buyers, - says Olga Knysh, personnel director of an IT company Oracle CIS. - Of course, some companies want to look more attractive in the eyes of their customers. The desire to get closer to the target audience can be in the details. Numerous studies confirm that we are more likely to buy from people like us. If the majority of customers cover themselves with tattoos, I am ready to understand the causes of the liberal attitude of the company management to the same action on the part of employees. "

In general, non-standard workers, according to the heads of many companies that can bring great benefit to the company.

"They create a creative atmosphere in which everyone can express their ideas, to offer original solutions, which directly affects the efficiency of the business", - says the personnel manager of the confectionery association "is sweet" Svetlana Menkina.

Specialist Public Relations of the Russian representation Ford Oksana Hartonyuk also believes that non-standard personnel - this is a plus:

"National differences, education and culture features give a distinct advantage in terms of the mutual enrichment of employees and are therefore useful for the company."

At the same time, we should not forget that any company - it is a team that is hard to make out of people who do not have anything in common. Tatiana Holubchenko said:

"In some organizations prefer to choose employees who share common interests and hobbies of the collective. Management believes that the selection of these criteria helps to create an effective team. "

This view supports independent HR-consultant Lyudmila Yarovskaya:

"Often in the course of the interview the head of the applicant asks questions related to his hobbies, tastes, outlook. For some, it may seem incorrect, please tell us about the latest books they have read, the revised movies or love to pets. On the other hand, if the team brings together some general topic related to religion, art or sport, man, far from it, it can be difficult to work there. "

Corporate worship

By and large, a significant portion of non-standard requirements (for hobbies, appearance, and other characteristics of a person) is dictated by what is called today the corporate culture. Love Handanova, head of the Russian company's HR department of JSC "Rudas", he said:

"By corporate culture we include the observance of certain rules and standards that are adopted in the organization, the recognition of its values, style of communication that has emerged. There are cases when at the stage of the selection shows that the candidate does not fit into our priorities. If this is not a rare specialist, we refuse him at once. "

At the same time comply with the system of norms and values ​​of the company is to all the staff, without exception, regardless of the position held. Don Baldwin, Director of Coca-Cola business aviation company in Atlanta, said that for example, when it comes to the employment of the pilot, it is not necessary to win the one with the largest raid.

"For a vacancy need, rather, the right attitude to the company than the corresponding qualification", - says Baldwin.

That Western companies are an indication of how important corporate culture in hiring. The most glaring example - the world-famous Internet giant Google. Its corporate culture is reflected in the famous "10 golden rules". In particular, one of them says that almost all the projects in Google executes the commands, and the best way to "grind" of employees to each other - to place them in the same room. In Google no one sits alone, even when it comes to top-managers.

Another rule is that every Friday all employees discuss the events of the last week and plans for the future in a relaxed atmosphere with food and drinks. This allows management to be aware of what workers think about the company and work in it. These principles are carried by, and in Russia. Director of marketing, "the Google-Russia" Konstantin Kuzmin points out that "the principle of democracy and open communication, adopted within the company, helping to increase efficiency and maintain friendly relations."

At the same time it must be understood that the individual elements of corporate culture can cause a strong desire to resist them by any means of the staff. So, not all managers like to sit in the same room with their subordinates. Yes, and other corporate practices can be to the liking of not much. In the same company Google, there are so-called "pajama day". Just imagine the following scene: you come to work and see all of its employees in their favorite pajamas! By the way, if you're willing to do to come to work in a similar way?

And Tatiana recalls Holubchenko example of large Russian companies, where every day, clearly on the clock, the whole staff sang the anthem of the organization. Tradition, perhaps in itself not bad, but not any professional wants to exercise on a daily basis in a similar vocal skills.

That is why, according to the "UNITY" expert to further the employer and employee are not disappointed in each other, personnel specialists, along with check the professional qualities of great importance is paid to the personal characteristics of candidates.

The emergence of new requirements - an objective trend, due to the development of human resources market. Not difficult to see that in most cases, exotic and rare requests - not a "figment of the imagination" of the employer. They are dictated, as a rule, the specifics of the business and corporate culture. At the same time, the company put forward an unusual requests, should be prepared for the fact that the expert search will take more time and require significant effort from recruiters.

Whether these efforts are justified? - Probably, yes. After all, has long been known: the more precisely defined criteria, the quicker the results. The main thing that the employer knew exactly what he needed was an employee, not called "find, I do not know anyone."