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 candidate profile is a relatively similar concept applied to hiring. You know what position you need to fill, so you work backward, figuring out what attributes of a candidate are important to have. It’s essentially a blueprint made up of three sets of qualities:

• Personality traits.
• Past work history and experience.
• Skills and abilities, both soft and hard.
• Must-have qualities are qualities that are required for the candidate to be able to perform in their role. For example, a successful member of your sales team might need:
  • Outgoing, exuberant, extroverted personality.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Positive and optimistic attitude.
  • Goal-oriented and motivated by KPIs.
  • Problem-solving drive to help customers.
    • Your company culture. What qualities are prized or valued within your company?
    • Your team culture. Larger companies especially may find individual cultures arising within specific teams and departments; your candidate profile needs to reflect the team they’ll be joining, not necessarily the company overall.
    • The specific role. A candidate profile must be specific to the role; you cannot use the same candidate profile for a sales role, a developer role, and a management role, because those three roles all have different requirements.

  • Keeping this in mind, here’s a step-by-step process for developing candidate profiles for your company.