At Synaco by Synergie, risk management and compliance plays a crucial role in ensuring business continuity and success. For businesses across Australia, National Safety Month brings the perfect opportunity to reflect on how crucial it is to mitigate risks, particularly throughout the recruitment process. The importance of finding the right talent cannot be downplayed. Whether it’s ensuring you find the appropriate skillset or a cultural fit, the wrong hire can lead to significant disruptions, both operationally and financially. With unemployment still low in Australia, employers face ongoing challenges with talent shortages, making it ever more important to partner with a recruitment expert like Synaco by Synergie.

This blog explores how risk management, through recruitment, can make or break business success and why partnering with Synaco by Synergie can mitigate any of the risks involved. Within the Synergie Group’s Australian operations, IPA by Synergie, Synaco by Synergie, and S&you, our recruitment consultants undergo thorough training, such as completing accolades like a certificate 4 in compliance risk management to assess key candidate factors, including skills, qualifications, and experience, as well as physical capabilities, attitudes, and culture fit, to help employers mitigate risks at every stage.

Employing the Right Candidate at the Right Level

One of the major risks in recruitment is employing the wrong candidate for the role. Whether it’s a mismatch in skills or attitude, a poor hire can significantly hinder business operations. Employing a candidate unfit for their level of employment can lead to productivity loss, workplace accidents, increased employee turnover, and financial strain.

As a recruitment agency, Synaco by Synergie is best placed to mitigate this risk by enforcing a degree of work control by thoroughly vetting candidates based on the specific needs of the role. Our consultants are trained to match not just the qualifications but also the level of experience required, ensuring the right fit for both temporary and permanent placements​. Through our detailed vetting process, we curb the chances of hiring candidates who might underperform or, worse, be detrimental to business operations.

Why Skills, Qualifications & Experience Matter

We know through experience that the right candidate can make or break the success of our clients. Hiring the right candidate with the proper skills, qualifications, and experience is paramount for business continuity and success. If our clients hire a candidate with the wrong skillset, they can fail to meet critical business objectives, slow down projects, and even impact the quality of products or services delivered. This is particularly critical in industries such as construction, healthcare, and technology, where very precise qualifications and skills are needed to maintain business continuity​​.

For example, hiring an unqualified project manager in construction could delay projects, while in healthcare, the wrong hire could compromise patient care. These mistakes can have large ripple effects throughout the business, setting goals and strategies back by months and sometimes years. These three industries stand out to us specifically, as Synaco by Synergie has been supporting clients across construction, healthcare and technology for the better part of a decade now. These industries demand specific qualifications and experience, making it even more critical to recruit effectively. Having understood these risks, Synaco by Synergie provides recruitment services tailored to ensure that candidates have the necessary credentials for our clients.

Physical Capabilities, Attitudes & Culture Fit

Apart from skills and qualifications, the physical capabilities, attitudes, and cultural fit of a candidate are equally important. During the hiring process, we can often forget to assess these attributes, as they’re usually missing from the typical resume of cover letter. Assessing physical capabilities, attitudes and cultural fits takes a level of experience and training unique to the recruitment industry. Should this step not be controlled properly, hiring someone who lacks the physical ability to perform job functions can lead to workplace injuries, particularly in physically demanding roles such as manufacturing, logistics, or construction​​. Similarly, an employee with the wrong attitude or poor cultural alignment can disrupt team cohesion, lowering productivity and morale.

A misfit in culture can also lead to higher turnover, as employees who don’t fit the company’s ethos and values are more likely to leave, increasing recruitment costs. Synaco by Synergie consultants are trained to assess these factors to ensure that candidates not only meet the technical requirements of the job but are also a good fit for the team and the company’s culture. Our thorough assessment process ensures that candidates are evaluated on their overall potential, including attitude and physical abilities, reducing the risk of future workplace issues.

Conclusion

At Synaco by Synergie, we invest heavily in training our recruitment consultants to ensure they are equipped to minimise recruitment risks for our clients. This training empowers them to assess candidates holistically, taking into account skills, qualifications, experience, physical capabilities, attitudes, and culture fit. With decades of experience and a commitment to quality recruitment practices, we help businesses mitigate risks by matching them with candidates who are not only qualified but are a seamless fit within the organisational culture and role expectations​​.

By choosing Synaco by Synergie, employers gain a recruitment partner dedicated to reducing the risks associated with hiring, ensuring continuity and success in business operations. If you want to know more about our risk mitigation practices, we recommend hearing from our National Safety Manager, Rino Caprioli below:

Or reach out to our dedicated Safety team, lead by Rino Caprioli.

Visit our respective websites, www.ipa.com.au, www.synacoglobal.com.au, and www.sandyou.com.au.