Values-Based Hiring - Seeing People Beyond Their Skills

Explore values-based hiring through this 42-minute podcast episode featuring Rudi Bauer in conversation with Relinde Boerman, Lead Recruiter at Polarsteps. Discover how to align people, culture, and skills when building strong, future-proof teams by moving beyond traditional skill-focused recruitment approaches. Learn practical strategies for defining and operationalizing company values, translating them into concrete hiring criteria, and evaluating candidates for values fit alongside technical competencies. Understand how to conduct effective values and culture interviews, align hiring managers and stakeholders on decision-making criteria, and balance the importance of skills versus values in recruitment decisions. Gain insights into implementing values-based hiring from scratch, evolving your existing processes, and adapting these approaches for hybrid and remote work environments. Master techniques for moving from reactive to proactive hiring strategies, leveraging storytelling in the recruitment process, and handling candidate reactions to various interview formats and requirements.

Syllabus

Introduction
What Is Values-Based Hiring?
Defining Company Values & Translating Them Into Hiring Criteria
Assessing Values Fit: How and When to Evaluate Candidates
Candidate Reactions to In-Person Interviews & Travel Requirements
Core Principles of a Values & Culture Interview
Aligning Stakeholders: Skills, Values & Hiring Manager Buy-In
Decision-Making Power in Hiring: Who Has the Final Say?
Skills vs. Values: What Matters More in Hiring Decisions?
Getting Started With Values-Based Hiring
Revisiting & Evolving Your Values-Based Hiring Process
From Reactive to Proactive Hiring: The Role of HR & People Strategy
Values-Based Hiring in Hybrid & Remote Work Environments
The Role of Storytelling in Values-Based Hiring
This or That: Values-Based Hiring Edition