It is so important to make sure that people in the work place are sitting in the right seat with reference to their occupation. Too many today are on the right bus but in the wrong seat! Therefore, if we are to enjoy life to the full, that must include working and not toiling as so many do.

So, let’s look together at what I consider to be a godly strategy to recruit the right people for the right seat for the right time. 

Here is what I call the five Cs of recruitment. Their purpose for us as employers is to make sure that our people are sitting in the right seat and fulfilling their God-given assignment. In other words, making sure that they are in the right peg hole! The real benefit for the employee is that they are able to give of their best because they are driven by purpose and not just by performance.

• Calling: Meaning; do we believe that we are fulfilling our life assignment, anointed by God with the passion to enjoy our God-given assignment? Remember, God never asks you to do something without providing what you need to do it. Anointing is a sign of God’s equipping you to fulfil the assignment He’s given you. When he gives you an assignment, a plan or a strategy He is going to empower you. David was called, anointed and then appointed. Let’s never forget God’s order is a process to make us what he desires us to become. 
• Character: If we are to become the person God desires us to be, as well as a person that others should want to follow, it’s imperative that we give careful attention to the person we really are on the inside. Our reputation is what others think of us, which may or may not be true, but our character is who we really are. I may not have a choice regarding the situations I am confronted with but I always have a choice concerning how to react or respond to those situations. 

Did you know God categorically cares about character? So much so that it could be said that The Divine Manual (The Bible) is in fact a character textbook. It is filled with instructions on what it means to live righteously, in other words in a ‘godly’ and upright manner. The Divine Manual is also filled with stories of men and women who have done it right and many who have not! So, they are there for our learning so we can benefit from the examples of others that have gone before us.

• Competency: One needs competency even in ministry and that is about appropriately applying knowledge and skills towards achieving a desired result. I tell you what, if I had to choose a surgeon for a major operation between one who has character but no competency and one who has competency but no character, it would not take long for me to make my mind up! That is not to belittle character in any way but to emphasise the importance of having competencies for what we are called to do. Character is who we are, competence is what we can do. Competency is task-specific and whatever we are called to do should be done as unto the Lord. So, let’s make sure we sharpen our competencies if we are to excel in the assignment that we are carrying out.

• Culture: I believe in a kingdom culture, which is a worldview approach to life where Christian biblical principles help to build or determine our values, purpose, and strategies. Here at UCB we seek to develop a culture based on Jesus’ command: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘love your neighbour as yourself’ (see Luke 10:27 NIV), which we call the PPF (PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST) culture. That is not only serving our audiences well but making sure that we serve each other internally here at UCB ‘as we would want to be served ourselves’, too. So, let’s make sure we not only love our neighbours as ourselves but serve them as we would want to be served!

• Chemistry: Chemistry is important within the composition of a team and the relationships among team members. Good chemistry helps a team’s performance to achieve its goals. Good chemistry also enhances a team’s dynamic, and it’s vital to understand its importance if we are to deliver what we are called to do with excellence.

That is why it is very important that we fit into the right role if we are to give our very best work in the organisation that we are called to. This means not just fulfilling tasks, but becoming what God created us to be to make sure that we enjoy our God-given assignment rather than enduring a job!

So, as you pray for vacancies to be filled, ‘CALL THEM IN’, just as Samuel did when he called David to be anointed to become the future king over Israel, and remember: God calls, anoints and appoints.