Just One Thing—Is it Time to Suspend Your Judgment in Hiring?

There’s an interesting article in the May, 2014 issue of Harvard Business Review, entitled, “In Hiring, Algorithms Beat Instinct." According to the authors, we would be better served by letting algorithms do the heavy lifting before inserting our own bias-filled and easily distracted selves into the hiring equation. Provocative, yes, but I'm not convinced that it's time to defer judgment to a test instrument. Here's why...

By |2016-10-22T17:11:14-05:00April 30th, 2014|Career, Decision-Making, Just One Thing|6 Comments

Send in the Clones. The Abuse of “Must Have” in Recruiting and Hiring

Aside from a few obvious technical and vocational roles, there are very few positions in most organizations that absolutely “Must Have” someone who has held the identical role in the same industry with the same job. Nonetheless, the use of "Must Have" remains a staple in recruiting and hiring. It's too bad, because over-reliance on "Must Have" can lead to a chronic case of mediocrity or worse, a terminal case of recycled bad ideas from industry participants.

By |2016-10-22T17:11:38-05:00June 23rd, 2011|Leadership|6 Comments
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