The importance of recruiting for values and behaviours

The first step in recruitment, whether external or through the Talent in House entry point, is to ensure a candidate’s values fit with the housing sector. To succeed, candidates need to be able to demonstrate specified shared values and behaviours, including social justice, societal and interpersonal empathy, environmental justice, professionalism, initiative, respect for diversity, critical thinking, personal ownership, emotional intelligence, self-disipline and personal organisation, resilience, innovative.