Have you ever been told that you’re not a cultural fit?
Have you ever heard of somebody being told, or have you ever heard of a hiring manager or a recruiter saying, “I don’t think that they’re a cultural fit” or, “I don’t think they’re a fit for our culture”?
I’ve got a big problem with that. Are they not a fit for your shit culture? Is that what you’re saying? They are different, and they’re not a fit because your culture is shit and you want to keep it that way?
The fact is because they are different is a reason why you want to bring them into the team!
Diversity creates innovation.
Diversity creates adaptability.
Diversity is bloody good for everybody!
So you actually want to go out and bring people in who are different. You want to build your teams full of people who are different. And it’s not just about skin colour, or religion, or country of origin. It’s also diversity in thinking, in diversity in their opinions, diversity in their life experience, diversity in their qualifications, diversity in parts of the world that they’ve grown up in. There is diversity in the schools they’ve gone to, diversity in the in their education.
There are so many, so many things that involve diversity, or that are included that brings such great value to your team.
So just because you see someone is not a cultural fit, that is not an excuse to say no. If they are the right person for the job, for all other reasons, actually that not being a cultural fit is a strength for them, because they are going to bring diversity to your team.
Something new.
Something good.
And it is going to make your team better.
Have you ever heard of, somebody not getting a job, or somebody being ruled out of a job because they were different? They did not fit the culture of our team? I know I definitely have, and I will never say that when I’m hiring.
Please, if you like this message, please click on the link to the video at the top of this post and ‘like’ it, leave some comments below of your experiences.
Mark Perrett