Why compare hiring to high school basketball - maybe it’s because I’m immersed here in the last week of our season and my head is spinning over what’s working and what’s not. My Frosh-Soph Girls Team will win a game one day against a team that I never imagined them beating and two days later disintegrate against […]
Entries Tagged as 'Hiring Mistakes'
How can some people succeed in one environment but fail in another?
February 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Culture · Hiring Mistakes · Interviewing Techniques
Why do most companies treat talent acquisiton as a high school sport?
February 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Brad and I have been involved in youth and high school sports for quite some time. I coach a girls frosh-soph basketball team at our local high school. Tonite we played a game where the other team relentlessly pressed us from the beginning of the game. I probably burned 4 of my 5 timeouts in […]
Tags: Hiring Mistakes · Hiring Process · Hiring Top Talent
The Real Cause of Hiring Mistakes
February 5th, 2008 · No Comments
The Causes Of Hiring Mistakes
In our experience, hiring mistakes are not caused by willful ignorance or negligence. Most often, new executive failure has several interrelated causes.
Inadequate preparation. Rarely had the hiring companies outlined a detailed, measurable definition of “success” that could be used to source, evaluate, and select candidates. Instead, they relied on outdated or insufficient […]
Tags: Hiring Mistakes · Hiring Process · Hiring Top Talent
