Before you approve another permanent role, make sure the requirement, role and expected outcome match what the business actually needs.
The Before You Hire Review gives SME leaders an independent view of one proposed hire before salary budget and recruitment cost are committed.
More work needs to be delivered.
A capability appears to be missing.
A manager needs support.
Responsibility has become unclear.
Growth has changed what the business now needs.
The question is not whether the pressure is real. It is whether the proposed role is the right response to it.
Before You Hire examines the requirement through four lenses:
Capacity. Capability. Ownership. Structure.
The purpose is to establish what the business actually needs before another permanent cost is committed.
Is there genuinely more work than the existing team can sustainably absorb?
Is important skill, experience or judgement missing?
Is work, responsibility or decision authority sitting in the wrong place?
Is the way work and responsibilities are organised contributing to the pressure?
Proceed if the evidence supports the proposed hire.
Redesign if the requirement is real but the role needs to change.
Strengthen if the better answer is to develop, redistribute or support existing capability.
Pause if the evidence does not currently support committing the additional headcount cost.
The Review is not designed to stop a hire. It is designed to make sure the next decision matches what the business actually needs.
Independently review the requirement before salary budget and recruitment cost are committed.
A 5-minute check to identify where the pressure may be building.
Before You Hire does not recruit and does not earn a placement fee if you proceed.
That means our recommendation does not depend on whether the outcome is Proceed, Redesign, Strengthen or Pause.
Get the requirement right before you spend.
