Hiring the Right Person is CRITICAL

Hiring the right people is THE MOST important skill a manager can have. And yetโ€ฆvery few hiring managers learn how to do this well.

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌโ€ฆ

๐ˆ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ – ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ% ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž if you factor in hard and soft costs according to Gallup.

You lose up to ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ if they are the wrong fit for the role.

And yetโ€ฆaccording to Hudson, ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ โ€˜๐๐จ๐ญ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐โ€™!

According to LinkedIn ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž. Meaning – they were let down by the hiring manager or the process.

And according to Sapia.ai, ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐š ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž.

According to Korn Ferry, we are expected to have ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ“ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ.

Hiring the right person is CRITICAL.

So why oh why donโ€™t more organizations invest in training their managers to do this well?

It is, to quote Sir Winston Churchill, โ€œA riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.โ€

What are your thoughts?

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