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The Psychology of Hiring: Liking Someone Doesn’t Predict A Good Hire

News flash: Hiring managers are human. Just like all people, they’re prone to misjudgment because of internal biases and being influenced by emotions and past experiences. Also, there is an innate human tendency to avoid mistakes instead of achieving success. And this is bad for hiring. Because of this hard-wiring, deep rooted survival instincts, and…

What Getting Fired Taught Me About Choosing the Right Candidate

I hate to admit it, but I was fired from my first two jobs out of college. I felt like a failure and was dejected, not knowing why I could not succeed despite really trying. I was an accountant then and earned a CPA certification. I had good grades from a very good school and…

Selecting a Personality Assessment Tool May be Hazardous to Your Organization

Have you ever had a bad test experience when applying for a job? If so, you’re in good company. Fact: Many hiring tests are limited in their ability to assess the right candidate and often lead to bad hiring and high turnover. This was recently the focus of an NPR story that looked at some…

Temp to Perm Hiring: Good Idea or Will You Get Burned? Have you ever wanted to have a person work for you on a temporary basis before making the commitment to hire full time? Many of you shook your head yes, especially when it comes to hiring non-management level positions. And why not? It…

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