Hiring the right people is THE MOST important skill a manager can have. And yet…very few hiring managers learn how to do this well.
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬…
𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝟓𝟎 – 𝟐𝟎𝟎% 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 if you factor in hard and soft costs according to Gallup.
You lose up to 𝟑𝟑% 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 if they are the wrong fit for the role.
And yet…according to Hudson, 𝟒𝟒% 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 ‘𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝’!
According to LinkedIn 𝟔𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. Meaning – they were let down by the hiring manager or the process.
And according to Sapia.ai, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
According to Korn Ferry, we are expected to have 𝟖𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟎.
Hiring the right person is CRITICAL.
So why oh why don’t more organizations invest in training their managers to do this well?
It is, to quote Sir Winston Churchill, “A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”
What are your thoughts?
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