HR Glossary

What is Goal Alignment?

The practice of ensuring that individual, team, and organizational goals are connected, mutually reinforcing, and moving in the same strategic direction, so that effort at every level of the company contributes to shared priorities rather than conflicting or duplicating work.

Why it matters in hiring

Goal Alignment comes up whenever teams compare candidates, set policy or report on people data. Getting the definition right keeps decisions consistent, which is the same reason springhire scores every applicant against the same criteria rather than on impression.

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• Gig Worker
• GINA - Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
• Glass Ceiling
• Global Payroll
• Goal Cascading
• Goal Setting
• Golden Handcuffs
• Golden Parachute

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