176: (Tip) Hiring a Customer-Centric Employee

Jeannie shares expert hiring tips to avoid costly mistakes and bring in a truly customer-centric employee who is a great addition to your team. What makes a customer-centric employee? Picking a candidate with the right skillset is important. However, if you want to deliver outstanding experiences, it’s not everything. Most skills revolve around a set of tasks rather than people. So if you’re not careful to hire customer-centric employees, watch out! Because the most “qualified” individual on your team may actually be a detriment to your customer experience. It's not just a customer service thing! Employees who don't interact directly with customers can prioritize their own processes over the very people those processes are built to serve. Some even come out looking like rock stars for being so on top of those processes. Meanwhile, customers suffer! So how do you avoid making this mistake? How do you balance skillset with gut to bring truly customer-centric employees into your team? Today, Jeannie has some important team-building tips to help you define what traits you are really looking for, and how to recognize those traits in your candidates. Learn how to look beyond the skills so you can answer this question before you make a big mistake: Are they qualified to put my customers first? Related Content 360Connext® post, Are you SURE you’re Hiring the Right person? Customers That Stick® post, 7 Customer Service Qualifications Everyone Must Have Episode 051: Jobr and Hiring Innovation Episode 166: Justin Deese, Blue Collar Service Sponsor message: Develop your customer experience mission Do you know how to deliver the superior customer experience you visualize? Your team must become a force for positive change, and a customer-centric mission is the fuel they need. 360Connext specializes in helping companies across industries and around the globe develop customer-focused missions that are both unique and scalable. Want to compete with the other 89% of companies staying afloat by providing better experiences? You need a compass for making astounding changes in the customer experience. You need to break down the silos and get to the root of what's holding you back! We offer evaluations, workshops, and roadmaps to keep your wheels firmly planted on the road to a customer-centric future. Join us on our mission To Create Fewer Ruined Days for Customers™ today. Visit us at 360Connext.com.   Take care of yourself and take care of your customers.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices