Cultural Fittings and My New Career February 8, 2009

On January 20th, I became the Director, Business Development for a successful and talented general advertising agency, NYCA.  While I’m no longer in the Recruitment Communications field, I am still in the Communications field. I plan to still blog on trends and topics in the Recruitment field and feel I have a great vantage point on how general advertising can teach those in the recruitment world a little about successful marketing practices.

 

I’ve been blessed with not only landing my dream job, but to land it with my dream company. I couldn’t have found a more cultural fit for me if I had tried. The feeling that I get when I walk through those doors in the morning is inexplicable. I know I belong. I know I am respected. I am empowered and I am encouraged.  Since my first day, I felt like it was a true team effort by everyone to make me feel welcome. Three weeks later, I put the final touches on my first new business project and was completely impressed with the way that my co-workers offered to help in every aspect of the project.

 

My job feels more like a hobby in the sense that it’s something that I love to do, each and every day.  I have to believe that 85% of the reason why I love it so much is because I feel like it is a true cultural fit. I never realized, until this opportunity,  how important it was to fit into an organization. After being there for almost a month now, I understand what they say when they deemed me as a “NYCAer”. Its obvious that my team members are NYCAers as well.

 

I challenge you, the recruiter and anyone else who interviews candidates for that matter,  to keep in mind that finding someone qualified for the job should only be 25% of the decision. 10% should be what references say about the candidate and then 65% of the decision should be weighted on if it’s a cultural fit.

 

I know many of you are going to think I’m crazy or just still in the ‘honeymoon’ stage of my new job, but trust me…I can finally say, “I’m home”.