Hiring and Retaining Top Talent Blog

Can anyone think of a good reason why most companies do not invest heavily in hiring training to teach effective job interviewing techniques? Most Managers and Executives are abandoned and left alone when it comes to interview training to effectively conduct candidate assessment. Although many companies are willing to give lip-service to the concept of hiring process best practices, hiring qualified candidates, and improving the effectiveness of hiring managers — very few invest the time and resources required to help their executives, managers, and supervisors truly master this art.

  
We’ve discovered in both our executive seach practice and in our consulting practice over the last 25 years that the number one criteria separating average/mediocre managers and executives and those in the top quartile of success is the fundamental ability to hire and retain top talent. Every other managerial activity and task pales in comparison to this required attribute.

  
When should you start to invest in improving your hiring process and in interviewing training? Is it when you have to hire 3 more people or 27? Is when you would like to build your monthly sales by $60,000 or by $22 million over the next 3 years?

  
What grade would you give to your hiring process right now if you were judging it against the ability of all your managers to do effective job interviewing and candidate assessment? Are some of your executives and managers falling victim to the most common hiring mistakes and errors?

  

Barry Deutsch

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