Archive for July 2017

My company is based on this premise: Every job deserves the right person. We help businesses improve their chances of making good hires.
The first thing we discover with most of our clients is that they need help getting ready to hire, which I believe is the most important part of the hiring process. If you don’t do it well, you’re going to end up hiring somebody, but it’s not likely to be the right person.

When it comes to hiring practices, my pet peeve is over-reliance on resumes.
Somebody invented the typewriter, and it became the currency of recruiting. Now we try to figure out by reading a resume—by what people say about their experience—if they have the right behavior, the right values, the right cultural fit, the right skills, and the ability to grow.